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Surveillance of Overdose-related Emergency Department Visits in Rhode Island
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During March-May 2013, 14 overdose deaths occurred in RI that were caused by acetyl fentanyl, a novel synthetic opioid about five times more potent than heroin1. Ten of these deaths were clustered in March, causing a significant increase over… read more… testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS … data retrospectively to characterize overdose related ED visits in RI and to analyze trends. Objective Determine if … testing results. However, the overall number of ED visits associated with this event was unknown. We used RODS … -
The Use of BioSense Data for Surveillance of Gastrointestinal Illness
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The BioSense system currently receives real-time data from more than 370 hospitals, as well as national daily batched data from over 1100 Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. BioSense maps chief… read more… mapped to: 1) the same indicator (e.g., whether patient visits having a chief complaint of diarrhea also had a final … during the study period. Analyses of ED chief complaint (CC) alone were completed on 343 hospitals while analyses on … per 1000 visits (range: 115-170 among facilities) for ED CC and 120 per 1000 visits (range: 80-140) for ED final … -
Use of Final Diagnosis Data for Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus
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The BioSense system receives patient level clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes… read more… clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Visits are assigned as appropriate to 78 sub-syndromes, … clinical data from > 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) … -
Evaluation of the Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Induced Liver Disease (PAILD) Active Surveillance System in Tigray, Ethiopia
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A liver disease of unknown etiology, called unknown liver disease (ULD) by the community, was first identified in 2002 in Tigray; a rugged, semi-arid, mountainous region that is considered one of the most drought-prone and food insecure regions of… read more… trends; detect cases to provide them with clinical care; and inform health officials and funding bodies for … trends; detect cases to provide them with clinical care; and inform health officials and funding bodies for … -
ICD-9 CM Based Sub-Syndrome Distributions in BioSense Hospital Data
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Objective To examine sub-syndrome distributions among BioSense emergency department (ED) chief complaint and final diagnosis based data and to observe patterns by hospital system, age, and gender.… frequent ICD-9 CM based sub- syndromes. The proportion of visits contributing to the 20 most common ED chief complaint … -
Case Studies in the Use of the National Poison Data System (NPDS)
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The National Poison Data System (NPDS) is maintained and operated by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) for the analysis, visualization, and reporting of call data from all 61 regional poison centers (PCs) in cooperation with… read more… provided toxicological advice to the public and health care providers. Such events allow for system testing and … -
Criteria for Prioritizing Statisitical Anomalies Identified in BioSense
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Objective To describe a standard set of criteria for identifying potentially important anomalies and to compare the criteria with several recent public health events. read more… data from more than 370 hospitals and 1100 ambulatory care Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) …