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Increased emergency department presentations for head trauma following media coverage of a fatal epidural hematoma
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Previous reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen overdose, media report of celebrity suicides, television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following… read more… reports have demonstrated the media’s influence on ED visits in situations such as dramatized acetaminophen … television public announcements for early stroke care and cardiac visits following President Clinton’s heart surgery. No … surveillance since 2002, collecting data on outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI, defined as fever of … -
School absenteeism and emergency department ILI rates in King County, WA 2003–2009
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Absenteeism is regarded as an expedient and responsive marker of illness activity. It has been used as a health outcome measure for a wide spectrum of exposures and as an early indicator of influenza outbreaks.1 A handful of studies have described… read more… the relationship between emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like-illness (ILI) and absenteeism … the relationship between emergency department (ED) visits for influenza-like-illness (ILI) and absenteeism … number absent by school and the weekly number of ILI visits in the county. Eighteen of nineteen public school …