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Reverse Engineering of a Syndrome Definition for Influenza
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We report here on the use of the North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org) to reverse engineer a syndrome definition of influenza for the purpose of influenza surveillance.… and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org ) to reverse engineer a syndrome definition … and Emerging Infection Prevention Sys- tem (NC BEIPS, www.ncbeips.org) to reverse engi- neer a syndrome definition … illness, a combination of evidence of fever and another com- mon symptom was used. The frequency of this com- … -
Evaluation of Emergency Medical Text Processor for Pre-Processing Chief Complaint Data for Syndromic Surveillance
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The goal of this project is to compare automated syn-dromic surveillance queries using raw chief complaints to those pre-processed with the Emergency Medical Text Processor (EMT-P) system.… syn- dromic surveillance queries using raw chief com- plaints to those pre-processed with the Emergency … -
Evolution of a Syndromic Surveillance Case Definition
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In North Carolina, select hospital emergency departments have been submitting data since 2003 for use in syndromic surveillance. These data are collected, stored, and parsed into syndrome categories by the North Carolina… read more… of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes, chief complaint (CC), initial recorded … temperature, and ED nurse triage note (TN). As ICD-9-CM codes are not transmitted to our database in a timely … bio- terrorism-associated agents. Available at http://www.bt.cdc. gov /surveillance/syndromedef/index.asp. … -
Triage Note in Emergency Department-Based Syndromic Surveillance
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The North Carolina Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Prevention System (NC BEIPS) receives daily emergency department (ED) data from 33 (29%) of the 114 EDs in North Carolina. These data are available via a Web-based portal and the Early… read more… bioterrorism- associated agents. Available at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/syndromedef/ [3] Wagner, MM, …