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  • Benzodiazepine Overdose v2 Parsed

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal benzodiazepine-involved overdoses using syndromic… read more
    … poisoning of unintentional or undetermined intent. Within ESSENCE, the syndrome query is applied to the Chief … Revision of CDC Benzodiazepine Overdose v1 Date Added to ESSENCE: June 18, 2023 Definition Description: The …
  • Substance Abuse Among Youth in Miami-Dade County, 2005-2007

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 9th to 12th graders in Miami-Dade County public schools found that 69.7% of students tried alcohol, 28.3% tried marijuana, and 6.3% tried cocaine in their lifetime. Results also showed that… read more
    … for Early Notification of Community Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) 2) Miami-Dade Fire Rescue 911 Call Center 3) Agency … arrests SAS 9.1.3 was utilized for analysis RESULTS ESSENCE In 2006, there were 431 ED visits for substance …
  • Automated Detection of GI Syndrome using Structured and Non-Structured Data from the VA EMR

    Content Type: Abstract

    Objective We performed a gold-standard manual chart review for gastro-intestinal syndrome to evaluate automated detection models based on both structured and non-structured data extracted from the VA … read more
    … models included “GI” ICD-9 code sets used in the “ESSENCE” and the “BioSense” syndromic surveillance systems. … on the index visit day of fever > 37.8ºC. RESULTS The ESSENCE and BioSense ICD-9 code sets detected 242 GI …
  • Experts Collaborate to Develop a Standardized Syndrome Definition for Cold-related Illness

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In winter, people are at risk for cold-related illness (CRI) such as hypothermia. Deaths coded as weather-related from 2006 through 2010 showed exposure to excessive cold as the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States.1… read more
    … variation in terms, inclusion and exclusion terms, ESSENCE query syntax, potential applications and … Practice. The CRI definition has been implemented in NSSP–ESSENCE,* and associated documentation will be posted in the …
  • Electronic Surveillance for Injury Prevention Using a Physician-Operated System

    Content Type: Abstract

    When hazardous materials or products emerge in the market, injury prevention researchers take action to promote awareness and legislation with the goal to prevent further injuries. This cannot be achieved without reliable data on trends and outcomes… read more
    … Endie Waziri2 and Adebola T. Olayinka1 Integrating R into ESSENCE to Enable Custom Data Analysis and Visualization … Tran Day of Week Analysis of Myocardial Infarctions Using ESSENCE-FL Emergency Department Data Allison B. Culpepper*, …
  • CDC Cocaine Overdose v2 Parsed

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal cocaine-involved overdose using syndromic surveillance… read more
    … poisoning of unintentional or undetermined intent. Within ESSENCE, the syndrome query is applied to the Chief … Definition: Revision of Cocaine Overdose v1 Date Added to ESSENCE: January 2024 Definition Description: The CDC …
  • CDC Fentanyl Overdose v2 Parsed

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: To assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in monitoring emergency department (ED) visits for suspected nonfatal fentanyl-involved overdoses using syndromic surveillance… read more
    … poisoning of unintentional or undetermined intent. Within ESSENCE, the syndrome query is applied to the Chief … Revision of CDC Fentanyl Overdose v1 Date Added to ESSENCE: June 18, 2023 Definition Description: The CDC …
  • Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas

    Content Type: Success Stories

    Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more
    … activity began in spring 2017 with the development of an ESSENCE* query to identify non-traumatic dental care visits. … activity began in spring 2017 with the development of an ESSENCE* query to identify non-traumatic dental care visits. …