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Syndromic Surveillance and Heat Wave: Is it Working?
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Most of the time, health consequences of heat waves are serious. Heat wave response plans were developed for reducing health effects but even if they are very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health consequences.… read more… very efficient it is not possible to eliminate all health con- sequences. It is therefore necessary to develop a … -
Beyond Detection: Attack Characterization with Syndromic and Clinical Data
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Most research in syndromic surveillance has emphasized early detection, but clinical diagnosis of the index case will tend to occur before detection by syndromic surveillance for certain types of outbreaks [1]. Syndromic surveillance may, however,… read more… outbreaks resulting from an aerosol anthrax release. We con- ducted 1,000 simulations for each of 12 scenarios … -
Use of Epidemiological Knowledge to Create Syndromic Surveillance Reports
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Syndromic surveillance is an investigational approach used to monitor trends of illness in communities. It relies on pre-diagnostic health data rather than laboratory-confirmed clinical diagnoses. Its primary purpose is to detect… read more… gastrointestinal, hemorrhagic, influenza-like, shock/coma, neurologic, fever, febrile, rash, botulism-like, and … -
Primary Care Surveillance in the UK - Actions, Outcomes, Benefits
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Routine primary care data provide the means to systematically monitor a variety of syndromes which could give early warning of health protection issues (microbiological and chemical). It is possible to track milder illnesses which may not present to… read more… (FFPH), 3R George (MB BS, MSc, FRCPath), 4J Hippisley-Cox (FRCGP, MD, MRCP, DRCOG). (1) Health Protection Agency … -
CDC Heroin v3
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THE KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE CDC HEROIN OVERDOSE V4 - THE UPDATED SYNDROME DEFINITION CAN BE FOUND HERE. States… read more… Specific terms Inclusions Discharge Diagnosis – ICD-9-CM poisoning Yes 965.01, E850.0 (also included terms with no period, e.g., “96501”) Discharge Diagnosis – ICD-10-CM poisoning Yes T40.1X1A, T40.1X4A (also included terms … -
Emergency Department Surveillance of Alcohol-Related Violence and Injuries to Enable Event Monitoring and Management
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Syndromic surveillance has been used been used as method of surveillance for various events in recent years. For example, post September 11th, 2001 anthrax attacks in New York City, World Youth Day in Toronto 2002, Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics,… read more… EDs during Homecoming weekend, which has become a greater con- cern in recent years. This information may be used to … -
Marketing a Syndromic Surveillance System to Hospital Emergency Departments
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The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, implemented a syndromic surveillance system, Oregon ESSENCE. A critical component to developing and growing this statewide system is… read more… that is both appealing and concise. Oregon’s hospitals come in all shapes and sizes, each with unique approval … -
Canine Tick Diagnoses are a Sentinel for Tick-borne Diseases in People
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To determine if ticks on dogs can provide early warning for tick-borne diseases in people.… which the word “tick” appeared using NC DETECT, 3. ICD-9-CM discharge diagnoses of tick-related illnesses from all NC … 1479 ED visits for the first six months of 2008. An ICD-9-CM code of “Lyme Disease” was recorded 65 times from 34 …