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Comparison of Three Critical Syndrome Classifications: Louisiana vs. BioSense

Description

The Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) Infectious Disease Epidemiology Section (IDEpi) conducts emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance using the Louisiana Early Event Detection System (LEEDS). IDEpi has the capability to define and change syndrome definitions in LEEDS based on surveillance needs and quality assurance activities. IDEpi submits all of the ED data to BioSense, which uses different syndrome definitions than LEEDS. Both BioSense and LEEDS use text and ICD code searches in any available chief complaint, admit reason and diagnosis data. The results of LEEDS and BioSense syndrome classifications for influenza-likeillness (ILI), gastrointestinal (GI), and upper respiratory infections (URI) applied to Louisiana’s ED data were compared to examine if the different syndrome definitions yield similar results when applied to the same data.

Objective

To compare the results of BioSense and Louisiana syndrome classifications for influenza-like-illness, gastrointestinal, and upper respiratory infections applied to Louisiana emergency department data.

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