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Sensitivity and Specificity of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language
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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 … of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome in the Turkish Language … -
Talking Turkish: Using N-Grams for Syndromic Surveillance in a Turkish Emergency Department without the Need for English Translation
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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 … University hospital ED in Turkey. Participants: All ED visits in the database for 2002. Protocol: Two of the …