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In Search of a Controlled Vocabulary for Emergency Department Chief Complaint: A Comparison of Four Published Chief Complaint Lists
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The lack of a standardized vocabulary for recording CC complicates the collection, aggregation, and analysis of CC for any purpose, but especially for real-time surveillance of patterns of illness and injury. The need for a controlled CC vocabulary… read more… We found four published CC lists and included them all [1-4]. We used the top 20 ‘Reasons for Visits’ (RFV) from the 2005 Emergency … terms with each of the CC lists were assessed. This study did not qualify for IRB approval or exemption. RESULTS 25% …