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Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma
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Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following… read more… reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen … were those who: (1) had a measured temperature at the visit of at least 100F, and (2) had a ‘reason for visit’ field that contained either cough or sore throat. … -
Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma
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Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on emergency departments (ED) visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early… read more… the media’s influence on emergency departments (ED) visits in situations such as dramatized … public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following President Clinton’s heart surgery. No … the influence of media-publicized trauma on ED visits. On 16 March 2009, the actress Natasha Richardson … -
Comparison of respiratory, febrile and influenza-like illness syndromes to detect laboratory-reported H1N1 and RSV, Influenza Season 2009–10, New York City
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The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene monitors visits daily from 49 of 54 NYC emergency departments (EDs), capturing 95% of all ED visits. ED visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) have reflected influenza… read more… (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene monitors visits daily from 49 of 54 NYC emergency departments (EDs), … reports (0.82), followed by FF (0.78) and Resp (0.70) (see Figure 1). With the sentinel data, 499 influenza … reports and 1114 RSV reports were matched by MRN to an ED visit. The majority of influenza reports matched to the FF … -
Use of Syndromic Surveillance in the Investigation of Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak
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On June 22, 2007 increases in over-the-counter (OTC) electrolyte and child anti-fever medication sales were detected through routine OTC surveillance. Increases in emergency department (ED) data for gastrointestinal (GI) illness among… read more… one borough of NYC, with three EDs having most of the visits. Because NYC has had limited success in detecting … be associated with the snack food Veggie Booty® on June 26. Cases were predominantly young children and included 8 … by pa- rental report of diarrhea as opposed to ED chief com- plaint; the OR for Veggie Booty® was 8.3, 95%CI=(0.4, … -
Using Age & Syndrome to Characterize Epidemic Winter-Seasonal Acute Gastroenteritis
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We describe age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with periods of confirmed epidemic rotavirus and presumed epidemic norovirus in New York City (NYC).… age- and syndrome-specific emergency department (ED) visit patterns for diarrhea and vomiting associated with … RV annually causes ~600,000 deaths worldwide and ~70,000 hospitalizations in the US1. Globally, RV infection … confirmed RV activity and to characterize associated ED visits in NYC. METHODS To estimate incident winter-season …