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Validation of a Syndromic Case Definition for Detecting Emergency Department Visits Potentially Related to Marijuana
Content Type: Journal Article
Abstract OBJECTIVES: Reliable methods are needed to monitor the public health impact of changing laws and perceptions about marijuana. Structured and free-text emergency department (ED) visit data offer an opportunity to… read more… generate and validate a syndromic case definition for ED visits potentially related to marijuana and (2) describe a … METHODS: We developed a syndromic case definition for ED visits potentially related to marijuana, applied it to … -
Evaluation of Case Detection of Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits
Content Type: Abstract
NSSP, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance system, allows timely detection of emergency department (ED) trends by matching chief complaint (CC) text or diagnosis (DX) codes to established syndrome criteria [1, 2]. No CDC… read more… definition currently exists for marijuana-related visits. Accidental child ingestions and over-consumption of … relative trends and disparities in marijuana-related ED visits. Objective To evaluate methods of measuring …