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Tracking Drug Overdose Trends in Ohio using ED Chief Complaints
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The State of Ohio, as well as the country, has experienced an increasing incidence of drug ODs over the last three decades [3]. Of the increased number of unintended drug OD deaths in 2008, 9 out of 10 were caused by medications or illicit drugs [1… read more… distribution, demographics, and volume of drug ODs may aid public health efforts to decrease the number of … distribution, demographics, and volume of drug ODs may aid public health efforts to decrease the number of … -
Using Syndromic Surveillance Data to Identify Emerging Trends in Designer Drug Use
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Syndromic surveillance of ED and PCC data has been widely used for the detection, tracking monitoring and monitoring of health events (e.g. bioterrorism, , disease outbreaks, environmental exposures) over the past decade. In recent years, these data… read more… widely, a specific classifier was created to define ED visits related to bath salts. This classifier included many … use for bath salts. Due to small daily counts of both ED visits and PCC exposure calls, the data were totaled by … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …