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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… 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 diagnosis code and CC are … of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in Turkish for bioterrorism. The classifier is developed … -
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… syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text … -
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… 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 available by measuring the associations of text … of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in English for bioterrorism. The classifier is trained … -
A Case Manager Tool for Anomaly Investigation in BioSurveillance
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Effective anomaly detection depends on the timely, asynchronous generation of anomalies from multiple data streams using multiple algorithms. Our objective is to describe the use of a case manager tool for combining anomalies into cases, and for… read more… of New Jersey include some 4.2 million records for ED visits to 24 hospitals in the New Jersey and New York, for the years 1996-2005. The record for each visit includes hospital, patient geography … the meningitis scare, the “Clinton” chest pain effect, ED visits related to possible anthrax exposure around October …