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A Biosurveillance-driven Home Score to Guide Strep Pharyngitis Treatment
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GAS pharyngitis affects hundreds of millions of individuals globally each year, and over 12 million seek care in the United States annually for sore throat. Clinicians cannot differentiate GAS from other causes of acute pharyngitis based on the… read more… identify very-low risk patients prior to an ambulatory visit could reduce low-yield, unnecessary visits for a most common outpatient condition. We recently … A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis before a health care visit based only on history and real-time local … -
State Surveillance Data Improves a Clinical Prediction Model for Pertussis
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Bordetella Pertussis outbreaks cause morbidity in all age groups, but the infection is most dangerous for young infants. Pertussis is difficult to diagnose, especially in its early stages, and definitive test results are not… read more… and negative predictive value (PPV, NPV), and area un- der the ROC curve (AROC)). RESULTS Cyanosis, cough for … -
Improved diagnosis of group A streptococcal pharyngitis using real-time biosurveillance
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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… University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA E-mail: Andrew.Fine@childrens.harvard.edu Objective The … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … across six states. Anonymized extracted data included visit date, location, signs and symptoms included in the … -
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… University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA E-mail: Andrew.Fine@childrens.harvard.edu Objective The … was restricted to nine markets with 47000 patient visits for pharyngitis, for a total of 138,910 patient … across six states. Anonymized extracted data included visit date, location, signs and symptoms included in the … -
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… " Analysis restricted to 9 locations with >7000 visits for pharyngitis " 132,821 visits in 6 states (GA, … set – 2/3, 1/3 random split " Data elements Age Visit Date Clinic location Clinical signs and symptoms …