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  • ICD9 as a Surrogate for Chart Review in the Validation of a Chief Complaint Syndromic Surveillance System

    Content Type: Abstract

    The existing New York State Department of Health emergency department syndromic surveillance system has used patient’s chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, Fever, Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Rash, Asthma… read more
    … surveillance system has used patient’s chief complaint (CC) for assigning to six syndrome categories (Respiratory, … Rash, Asthma). The sensitivity and specificity of the CC computer algorithms that assign CC to syndrome categories … process and allow us to survey a much larger sample of visits. Document …
  • Syndromic Surveillance and Climate Change, a Possible Use?

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    This paper assesses the possible interest of using of a syndromic surveillance system based on emergency departments (ED) and crude mortality for monitoring health effects of climate changes (CC).
    … for monitoring health effects of climate changes (CC). Document … for monitoring health effects of climate changes (CC). BACKGROUND The 2003 heat wave in France (15,000 extra … Based on a review of literature, main health effects of CC were identified: asthma, heat related illness, weather …
  • Malaria Trends in Six Outpatient Sites in Uganda, 2008 - 2011

    Content Type: Abstract

    Over the past five years, efforts to control malaria have been intensified in Uganda (1). With the intensification of these efforts, accurate and timely data are needed to monitor impact of the interventions and guide malaria control program… read more
    … To estimate trends in malaria morbidity at six sentinel sites in Uganda.   4 views Submitted by Magou on Fri, … To estimate trends in malaria morbidity at six sentinel sites in Uganda.   … Malaria Trends in Six Outpatient Sites in Uganda, 2008 - 2011 …
  • A comparison of syndromic surveillance chief complaint data and discharge data in a pediatric hospital system during 2009 H1N1

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Syndromic Surveillance Program (SSP) of the Acute Disease Epidemiology Section of the Georgia Division of Public Health, provides electronic influenza- like- illness (ILI) data to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention… read more
    … hospital system identified when the percentage of daily visits for ILI had substantively increased. The data includes patient chief complaint (CC) data from emergency department visits for two facilities … was provided to SSP retrospectively to compare with the CC data routinely collected and analyzed. The data was …
  • A Comparison between Syndromic Surveillance 911/EMS and Emergency Department Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    To examine data from 911/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and determine whether these data provide a useful addition to syndromic surveillance (SS) when used with emergency department (ED) chief complaint (CC) data.
    … when used with emergency department (ED) chief complaint (CC) data. Document … when used with emergency department (ED) chief complaint (CC) data. BACKGROUND Evaluation of data sources is a key … and analyze data from 911/EMS calls and CCs from ED visits. We focused on the “neurologic syndrome” because this …
  • Components of Inter-Hospital Variability in Chief Complaints Assigned to a Gastrointestinal Syndrome

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    Patient’s chief complaint (CC) is often used for syndromic surveillance for bioterrorism and outbreak detection, but little is known about the inter-hospital variability in the sensitivity of this method. Objective: Our objective was to… read more
    … Patient’s chief complaint (CC) is often used for syndromic surveillance for … characterize the variability of a gastrointestinal (GI) CC text-matching algorithm. 7 views Submitted by elamb on … Patient’s chief complaint (CC) is often used for syndromic surveillance for …
  • Performance of Sub-Syndrome Chief Complaint Classifiers for the GI Syndrome

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the major syndromes for early event detection and situational awareness. This has the potential to… read more
    … BioSense project has developed chief complaint (CC) and ICD9 sub-syndrome classifiers for the … value of New York State hospital emergency department CC classifiers for patients < 60 months of age and > 60 … York State hospital emergency department chief complaint (CC) classifiers for patients < 60 months of age and > 60 …
  • Detecting Unanticipated Increases in Emergency Department Chief Complaint Keywords

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    The CC text field is a rich source of information, but its current use for syndromic surveillance is limited to a fixed set of syndromes that are routine, suspected, expected, or discovered by chance. In addition to syndromes that are routinely… read more
    … The CC text field is a rich source of information, but its … of data for a few EDs an increase in certain words in the CC field (e.g., 'METHADONE', 'DIALYSIS', and 'OXYGEN') that … a simple data-driven method that routinely scans the CC field for increases in word frequency that might trigger …