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  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected opioid overdoses. How it was developed: CDC… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected opioid overdoses. How it was developed: … code indicating an opioid poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. o In addition, the ED visits is automatically included in the syndrome if it …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected benzodiazepine overdoses. How it was developed:… read more
    … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected benzodiazepine overdoses. How it was … indicating a benzodiazepine poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. Automatic … practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected benzodiazepine overdoses. How it was …
  • 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. … times of low measles activity,  broader definitions may be appropriate for routine surveillance as mentions and …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Why the syndrome was created: The purpose of CDC Medication Refill v1 is to monitor visits for any medication/prescription that a patient may have run out of. Anything repetitive that needs routine refill visits - dialysis,… read more
    … The purpose of CDC Medication Refill v1 is to monitor visits for any medication/prescription that a patient may have run out of. Anything repetitive that needs routine refill visits - dialysis, oxygen, heart, BP, cholesterol. This is …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC STIMULANT OVERDOSE V3 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE.… read more
    … last year, they started to notice increases in overdose visits related to stimulant use. Because CDC had worked with … indicating a stimulant poisoning is present, the ED visit is automatically included in the syndrome. If there is … that these codes were not identifying acute overdose visits and instead were being coded correctly as “stimulant …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor tick related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R. 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R STUDIO,…
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    … was created to monitor tick related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R.  Syndromic … information:  Uses regular expression 'look arounds' that may not be compatible with all types of regex, but will work … was created to monitor tick related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R.  Syndromic …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    • Why the syndrome was created? This syndrome was created to monitor Lyme disease related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R. 
    • Syndromic surveillance system (e.g., ESSENCE, R…
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    … created to monitor Lyme disease related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R.  Syndromic … information:  Uses regular expression 'look arounds' that may not be compatible with all types of regex, but will work … created to monitor Lyme disease related emergency room visits using regular expressions in R.  Syndromic …
  • Content Type: Syndrome

    Why was the syndrome created? This is a Syndrome Definition (SD) Subcommittee community-developed syndrome definition for mental health conditions likely to increase in emergency department frequency during and after natural or… read more
    … conditions and presentations that showed increases in visit frequency after select disasters in the United States. … Chief Complaint terms contained in these ICD10-positive visits. Other Chief Complaint terms were identified from … unspecified” was not included due to the large volume of visits with this diagnosis code. The query has been added to …