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The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment
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Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more… of the survey tool for each of the syndrome categories de- termined. These results were compared using McNemar’s … based on physician diagnostic codes (p<.001 for all syndrome comparisons). CONCLUSIONS Classifications based … population. Pediatr Emerg Care 2004;20:355-60. [2] Tsui FC, Wagner MM, Dato V, Chang CC. Value of ICD-9 coded chief … -
Use of Surveillance Data to Measure the Impact of Viral Infections among Young Children
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Respiratory viruses cause substantial morbidity and costly resource utilization among young children, especially during the winter months. Accurate estimates of the impact of these viruses are important in guiding prevention efforts… read more… based on chief complaints, which are elicited from all patients presenting to the ED. The second population … RSV infections was 6.8 (95%CI: 5.6, 8.3) and 29.6 (95%CI: 26.6, 33.0) per 1000 children, respectively. … 2-4 years of age, the rates were 1.1 (95%CI: 0.47, 2.6) and 2.5 (95%CI: 1.4, 4.2) per 1000 children, …