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  • Drowning and Submersion - CDC

    Content Type: Syndrome

    A step-wise article on developing this syndrome definition can be found in the April 2019 NSSP Update https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/news.html This syndrome is an initial attempt at an improved Drowning and Submersion query in NSSP ESSENCE. It was… read more
    … into the winter months with a baseline of around 50 visits per week. This trend show some consistency across HHS … of CCQV data (Jan–Nov 2018) were randomly selected and visits manually reviewed. We selected MMWR weeks 1, 13, 17, 19, 27, and 32, and visits for the 6 weeks totaled 1,205. Of these visits, 1,156 …
  • Frostbite, Cold Exposure, & Hypothermia** - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created as a way to monitor Frostbite, Cold Exposure, & Hypothermia in Kansas Emergency Department visits. **Please note that the hypothermia portion of this syndrome was created to ONLY include hypothermia associated with low… read more
    … Exposure, & Hypothermia in Kansas Emergency Department visits. **Please note that the hypothermia portion of this … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data sources - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - CCDD (an ESSENCE-concatenated field of … Exposure, & Hypothermia in Kansas Emergency Department visits. **Please note that the hypothermia portion of this …
  • Acute Flaccid Myelitis Diagnosis Codes - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query ESSENCE for KS ED visits potentially associated with Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). Diagnosis codes were provided to KDHE by a CDC AFM contact and originally included approximately 100 codes that could encompass… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query ESSENCE for KS ED visits potentially associated with Acute Flaccid Myelitis … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - Discharge Diagnosis History A80.9 … This syndrome was created to query ESSENCE for KS ED visits potentially associated with Acute Flaccid Myelitis …
  • Firearm Injury - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared by the community of practice in this forum post: https://www.healthsurveillance.org/forums/Posts.aspx?topic=1452124 This syndrome… read more
    … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared … to capture acute GSW emergency department and inpatient visits The syndrome is developed in NSSP ESSENCE using Chief … This syndrome attempts to capture acute GSW hospital visits and was developed based on existing syndromes shared …
  • Firework Injuries - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United States Independence Day holiday. Legality and slang for firework injuries will vary by region and some terms in this query are… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United … System - NSSP ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - Chief Complaint History, Discharge … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United …
  • Carbon Monoxide Exposure - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide poisoning/exposure or similar diagnosis codes. The terms "heater" and "generator" are included to potentially capture cases of improper heater and… read more
    … This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide … System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - CCDD (an ESSENCE-concatenated field of … This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide …
  • Measles-related syndromes - Washington State Department of Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    In WA, we've been using a series of increasingly broad queries to monitor measles. The number of visits mentioning measles increases during an outbreak as a result of people seeking care because they were (or think) they were exposed, seeking… read more
    … broad queries to monitor measles. The number of visits mentioning measles increases during an outbreak as a … be measles. As a result, it is important to focus in on visits of highest suspicion as mentions of measles increase. … mentions of or diagnoses of measles  excluding visits mentioning titers OR visits for vaccination. Searches …
  • Homeless Population - Maricopa County Department of Public Health

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created using BioSense 2.0 phpMyAdmin and later transitioned to ESSENCE. The syndrome queries chief complaint and discharge diagnosis fields. The Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits.
    … Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits. ^[;/ ]Z59[0189]^,OR,^[;/ ]Z59.[0189]^,OR,^[;/ … Maricopa County data include emergency room and inpatient visits. …