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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… ED visits daily, and capture 95, 100, 100 and 95% of all ED visits, respectively. The data collected include … via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website.5 Early notification might facilitate clinical … coincided in time. An early alert was identified in all four seasons using rapid test positivity, although no … -
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… in studies of children with chronic illness. J Chronic Dis 1986;39: 799–808. 2 Glezen WP. Emerging infections: …