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How Syndromic Surveillance Helps Clinical Practice: Use of Epidemiological Surveillance Data to Inform Clinical Decisions
Content Type: Webinar
Presenter Dr. Andrew Fine, Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Hosts Johns Hopkins University Grand Rounds and ISDS Research Committee Date… read more… prior to a clinical encounter www.sportsillustrated.com Topics Clinical prediction rules Bacterial meningitis … 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 Week of Year … 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 Week of Year … -
Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications… read more… was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … the original work is properly cited. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 P ro po rt io n P os iti ve 10 20 30 40 50 RLPP … Centor score (0.72), followed by Centor score alone (0.70), and then by RLPP alone (0.57). Conclusions … -
Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance
Content Type: Abstract
Group A Streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis, the most common bacterial cause of acute pharyngitis, causes more than half a billion cases annually worldwide. Treatment with antibiotics provides symptomatic benefit and reduces complications, missed work… read more… was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … the original work is properly cited. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 P ro po rt io n P os iti ve 10 20 30 40 50 RLPP … Centor score (0.72), followed by Centor score alone (0.70), and then by RLPP alone (0.57). Conclusions …