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Multiple Data Sources and Reverse Engineering Could Improve Sensitivity of Surveillance Algorithms
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Clinicians can pursue the clinical findings for specific patients until reaching a diagnosis in real time. When using electronic ED complaints, one relies on symptoms volunteered by patients in the triage setting. Patients seek emergency… read more… and headache. To augment these definitions, we examined all patients in 2000- 2001 with the diagnosis of MEE to … Definition #1.) showed significant seasonal increases in all 5 years; (P < 0.05). #2.) Complaints of head- ache plus fever alone did not predict the diagnosis of MEE or ordering of CSF. 3.) … -
Biosurveillance: A Definition, Scope and Description of Current Capability for a National Strategy
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 21 (HSPD-21) requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national biosurveillance capability that provides early warning and situation awareness for urgent public health events.… read more… health significance.’ The scope of biosurveillance is all hazards and includes threats and exposures to human … environmental exposures), diseases, and outbreaks (i.e., nationally notifiable diseases). Today’s … approach to biosurveillance: Kansas City. Emer Infect Dis. 2003; 9: 1281-86. [2]Association of State and … -
ROC Curves in Public Health Surveillance: A First Step in Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Our purpose was to develop an ROC curve for public health surveillance similar to those used in diagnostic testing. We developed syndrome surveillance algorithms with differing sensitivity and specificity in detecting the seasonal influenza (ILI)… read more… 1 Dept Emerg Med, Stroger Hospital of Cook County; 2 Div of Infect Diseases, Stroger Hospital of Cook County; 3 … patients presented with ILI earlier than adults in all years and the 2003 ILI sea- son would not have been … tem- perature > 100 F resulted in significantly earlier de- tection. Sore throat alone without cough was more …