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Syndromic Surveillance, The First French Experience
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This paper describes the development of a syndromic surveillance system in France. It is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GPÃs activities (Sos Medecins), deaths certificates.… is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GPÃs activities (Sos Medecins), deaths … is based on three different types of data: hospitals (ED visits), GP’s activities (Sos Médecins), deaths … visits logged during the previous 24h: date and time of visit, sex, age, chief complaint, zip code, medical … -
Implementation of a Syndromic Surveillance System Using a General Practitioner's House Calls Network
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Recent health events in France, such as the dramatic excess of mortality occurred during the 2003 heat wave showed the need for a better provision of information to health authorities. A new syndromic surveillance system based on the… read more… system based on the recording of general practitioner’s visits by SOS Médecins has been developed by the … system based on the recording of general practitioner’s visits by SOS Médecins [2] has been developed by the … flow chart. Each morning, the data including all the visits logged during the previous 24-hour period are … -
Mortality Surveillance during a Large Chikungunya Outbreak Using a Syndromic Surveillance System
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Following the heat wave that scorched France in August 2003 a national daily gathering of mortality data was decided in link with the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee). Such gathering is based on Public Records Office… read more… in the medical literature. Between March 1, 2005 and May 30, 2006, an estimated 255,000 cases have been reported … characterised by arthralgia or arthritis. The symptoms may last for several months but recovery was, until now, … -
Sensibility and Specificity of Syndromic System for Influenza Based on General Practitioners Network in Gironde, France
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To determine sensitivity and specificity of syndromic surveillance of influenza based on data from SOS Medecins, a healthcare network of emergency general practitioners (GP) in Bordeaux, France.… automatically on a daily basis and information on visits were analysed every day by epidemiologists of the … were compared. RESULTS Over the study period, 81,143 GP’s visits for influenza syndrome were recorded in the area of … 100 18 5 12 100 100 46 100 105 28 15 100 150 46 100 261 70 29 100 200 43 93 328 88 50 99 230 43 93 344 93 61 99 250 … -
Syndromic Surveillance and Heat Wave: Is it Working?
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Most of the time, health consequences of heat waves are serious. Heat wave response plans were developed for reducing health effects but even if they are very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health consequences.… read more… Based on the same age groups, the daily means of patient visits and hospitalized patients were calcu- lated. The … “on alert period”. During the “on alert period”, 4,557 visits per day were recorded vs. 4,511 during the “off alert … of 1% (NS). However, during the heat wave period, 476.7 visits/day of eld- erly (75 and more) were recorded vs. … -
Performances of a Syndromic Surveillance System during a Heat Wave
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The 2003 heat wave in France (15,000 extra deaths in 10 days) led the French institute for public health surveillance to modify its public health surveillance system. One of the major objectives of this program was a real time… read more… (4). RESULTS Fifteen hospitals were selected and 118,119 visits were recorded during the 3 months. Sensitivity and … event Our results indicate that a syndromic surveillance may be applicable to other public health concerns from … -
Syndromic Surveillance and Climate Change, a Possible Use?
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This paper assesses the possible interest of using of a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency departments (ED) and crude mortality for monitoring health effects of climate changes (CC).… GIE…). Fig1. Nb of cases of asthma per day in Paris area (May 2005 – May 2006) CONCLUSION Climate change has several effects on …