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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
    … The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … or “out” of the syndrome. It is possible to dichotomize visits “in” or “out” using N-grams by choosing a cut-off …
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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
    … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … Specificity “HEST” (.84) “COUG” (.93) “FEVE” (.47) y Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;2:1 … A number of …
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    Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) to syndromes. ICD9 code data may also be used to develop visit classifiers for syndromic surveillance but… read more
    … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … ly C ou nt s ICD ngram Fig. 2 Daily Counts N gram vs ICD y = 0.56x + 23.68 R = 0.9 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 …
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    Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which assign patient chief complaints (CC) and ICD code data to syndromes. The triage nurse note (NN) has also been used for… read more
    … Syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) visit data is often based on computer algorithms which … The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … The classifier is developed from a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are …
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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
    … bioterrorism. The classifier is trained on a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … bioterrorism. The classifier is trained on a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are … CC classifier versus RESP ICD10 Grouping (Test Set) y = 0.642x + 3.0498 R = 0.88 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 0 5 10 15 …