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  • Opioid Seizures by Law Enforcement in Relation to Emergency Room Visits

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    In 2016, there were approximately 63,000 deaths nationally due to drug overdose. This trend continues to increase with the provisional number of US deaths for 2017 being approximately 72,000 (1). This increase in overdose deaths is fueled largely by… read more
    … fentanyl beginning in 2013 (2). In Missouri, ER visits follow similar trends with heroin overdose visits greatly increasing after 2011. While PDMPs help …
  • Experimental Syndromic Surveillance in Japan Using Three Aspects: OTC, Outpatients Visits and Ambulance Transfer

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    We started an experimental syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer from this year so as to early detect bioterrorism attack (BTA). 
    … syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer … outpatients visit are also prompted. Further information: Y. Ohkusa ohkusa@nih.go.jp Advances in Disease Surveillance …
  • Going Beyond Chief Complaints to Identify Opioid-Related Emergency Department Visits

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    Overdoses of heroin and prescription opioids are a growing cause of mortality in the United States. Deaths from opioids have contributed to a rise in the overall mortality rate of middle-aged white males during an era when other demographics are… read more
    … patients died from opioid overdoses. Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses can provide a more timely proxy … the information necessary to differentiate opioid-related visits from other overdoses.  Objective To identify heroin- …
  • An Ecological Analysis of the Impact of Temperature Inversion on Emergency Department Visits for Respiratory Syndromes and Subsyndromes using BioSense 2.0 Frontend Data

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    During the winter months, Utah experiences a temperature inversion which traps pollutants, such as fine particle pollution (PM 2.5), in the Salt Lake Valley. A previous study determined the impact of inversion on ED visits for asthma, however… read more
    … A previous study determined the impact of inversion on ED visits for asthma, however similar phenomena have yet to be … for analyses to determine the impact of inversion on ED visits for respiratory syndrome and subsyndromes from …
  • Mental Health Emergency Department Visits in Houston: Developing a Post-Disaster Mental Health Surveillance System

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    The objective of this project was to classify and extract mental health emergency department (ED) visits from the Houston Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) system. In addition, this project will offer a
    … and extract mental health emergency department (ED) visits from the Houston Real-time Outbreak and Disease … Katrina. Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;13(4):374-84. [3] Neria Y, Nandi A, Galea S. Post-traumatic stress disorder …
  • Outbreak of ED visits related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids, Mayotte Island

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    On October 2016, the Indian Ocean Regional Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of SC on Mayotte Island. In this context, an investigation based on a syndromic surveillance system… read more
    … Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of … to characterize the increase in emergency department (ED) visits related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids (SC). … Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of …
  • Asthma patterns in Boston emergency department visits for children age five and under

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    The burden of asthma on the youngest children in Boston is largely characterized through hospitalizations and self-report surveys. Hospitalization rates are highest in Black and Hispanic populations under age five. A study of… read more
    … being prescribed daily medication. Information on asthma visits for children 5 years old or younger was requested by … ED Visits 01 /05 /08 02 /02 /08 03 /01 /08 03 /29 /08 04 /26 /08 05 /24 /08 06 /21 /08 07 /19 /08 08 /16 /08 09 /13 … than White children to present at an ED for an asthma visit. Males accounted for 64% of all asthma syndrome visits …
  • Analysis of Emergency Department Visits for Motor Vehicle Injuries in Utah, 2016

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    Motor vehicle injury is the leading cause of death in injury category in the United States. In 2016, motor vehicle crashes were one of the main causes of death resulting from injury (8.8 per 100,000 population) in Utah. Motor vehicle crashes can… read more
    … data in the Utah Department of Health to monitor ED visits due to motor vehicle injuries in real time. Objective … describe the characteristics of emergency department (ED) visits for motor vehicle injuries in Utah using 2016 …