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Evaluation of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance Data by ICD-9 Code: Is There a Correlation between Chief Complaint and Final Emergency Department Diagnosis for Early Detection of Influenza-like Illness?
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Syndromic surveillance aims to decrease the time to detection of an outbreak compared to traditional surveillance methods. Emergency department (ED) syndromic surveillance systems vary in their methodology and complexity and are usually based on… read more… between chief complaint and discharge diagnosis, which may be syndrome-dependent. The use of ED discharge diagnosis may improve surveillance validity if it can be done in a … for Early Detection of Influenza-Like Illness? Larissa May, M.D1. Michael Stoto, Ph.D2. Neal Sikka, M.D1. 1 …