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Optimizing Performance of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome
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A number of different methods are currently used to classify patients into syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text processing program for building classifiers… read more… AT&T Labs). The method applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 … Ngrams), with associated probabilities, from the training data. We then generate a CC classifier from the … AT&T Labs). The method applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 … -
Talking Turkish: Using N-Grams for Syndromic Surveillance in a Turkish Emergency Department without the Need for English Translation
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Previously we used an “N-Gram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in English for bioterrorism. The classifier is trained on a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are… read more… Our objective was to apply the N-Gram method to a training set of Turkish ED data to create a Turkish CC … Our objective was to apply the N-Gram method to a training set of Turkish ED data to create a Turkish CC … technologies applied to the first 10 months of data as a training set to create a Turkish CC RESP classifier. We next … -
Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language
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Previously we developed an “Ngram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD… read more… AT&T Labs applied to the first 10 months of data as a training set to create a Turkish CC RESP classifier. We next …