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Emergency department diagnosis code data for surveillance of vaccine adverse events: comparison with the national vaccine adverse event reporting system
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Nationally, vaccine safety is monitored through several systems including Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a passive reporting system designed to detect potential vaccine safety concerns. Healthcare providers … read more… causing adverse effects in therapeutic use (ICD-9-CM codes E948–E949.9) were obtained from the North Carolina … E Lamb et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 48 Conclusion Temporal trends in ED … Emerging Health Threats Journal E Lamb et al. 2011, 4:s90 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 49 … -
Biosurveillance: A Definition, Scope and Description of Current Capability for a National Strategy
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 21 (HSPD-21) requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national biosurveillance capability that provides early warning and situation awareness for urgent public health events.… read more… Statement. 2006. Accessed on June 3, 2008 at: http://www.astho.org/pubs/BiosurveillancePositionStatementFINA … -
Analysis of Syndrome Definitions for Gastrointestinal Illness with ICD9 Codes for Gastroenteritis during the 2006-07 Norovirus Season in Boston
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We report on a retrospective analysis of gastrointestinal syndrome definitions based on chief complaints and ICD9 diagnosis for gastroenteritis during the 2006-07 season of increased norovirus activity.… de- gree of sensitivity for cases of gastroenteritis as con- firmed by ICD9 codes, however the most specific … -
An Emergency Department Based Syndromic Surveillance System for Meningitis and Encephalitis, Maricopa County, AZ 2004
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We developed, implemented and evaluated Meningitis and Encephalitis (M/E) syndrome case definitions based on electronic Emergency Department (ED) chief complaint data; and assessed their ability to detect aberrations that correspond with M/E… read more… Symposium. 2001; 164-8. [3] Ivanov O, Wagner MM, Chapman WW, Olszewski RT, Accuracy of three classifiers of acute …