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Monitoring Hospital Emergency Department Visits for Chief Complaints of Insect Bites after a Major Flood
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On August 20th and 21st, 2007, Ohio sustained heavy rains which resulted in severe flooding over a nine-county area in the north-central part of the state. Increased hospital emergency department (ED) visits were expected for gastrointestinal… read more… the state. Increased hospital emergency department (ED) visits were expected for gastrointestinal illnesses, but … Monitoring Hospital Emergency Department Visits for Chief Complaints of Insect Bites after a Major … the state. Increased hospital emergency department (ED) visits were expected for gastrointestinal illnesses, but … -
Evaluating the Relationship between Heat-Related ED Visits and Weather Variables
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The ability to estimate and characterize the burden of disease on a population is important for all public health events, including extreme heat events. Preparing for such events is critical to minimize the associated morbidity and mortality [1, 2… read more… hospital discharge or death records, monitoring of ED visits is the timeliest and an inexpensive method for … study was to evaluate the relationship between HRI ED visits and weather variables as predictors, in Ohio. … Evaluating the relationship between heat-related ED visits and weather variables Bill Storm* and Brian Fowler … -
Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance through Cross-border Data Sharing
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In the fall of 2006, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) proactively began general discussions regarding surveillance issues of mutual interest. Both states, having operational… read more… gender, patient home zip code, admitted date and time, visit number, and free- text chief complaint. Approximately … -
Using Syndromic Surveillance Data to Identify Emerging Trends in Designer Drug Use
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Syndromic surveillance of ED and PCC data has been widely used for the detection, tracking monitoring and monitoring of health events (e.g. bioterrorism, , disease outbreaks, environmental exposures) over the past decade. In recent years, these data… read more… widely, a specific classifier was created to define ED visits related to bath salts. This classifier included many … use for bath salts. Due to small daily counts of both ED visits and PCC exposure calls, the data were totaled by … In 2010, there were very small numbers (nB5) of both ED visits and PCC calls for bath salts. In 2011, ED visits and …