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  • Identification and tracking of heat-related illnesses using syndromic surveillance

    Content Type: Abstract

    The summer of 2010 in Maryland was characterized by unusually high temperatures. This type of increased and prolonged heat can potentially make residents sick, and extreme exposure can even kill people at highest risk. Numerous… read more
    … Maryland (n!45) report data on emergency department (ED) visits to ESSENCE in near real-time manner. Therefore, ED visits for heat-related illnesses were reviewed closely on a … awareness and inform decision making. The counts of ED visits for heat-related illnesses were also compared with …
  • Mortality Associated with Heat Wave of 2010 and Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan

    Content Type: Webinar

    Ahmedabad, India was hit by a heat wave marked by record-breaking maximum temperatures in May 2010. This heat wave resulted in an excess of 1,344 deaths relative to May 2009 and May 2011-a 43% increase in mortality. Out of concern for future heat… read more
    … ! ! Number!of!People! ISDS!Sent!Announcement!via!E.mail! 2107! Opened!Announcement! 529!(26.4%)! Clicked!on!Announcement!Email! (percentage!based!on!#!of!opens)! 84!(15.7%)! …
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: Created by the CDC National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) for use with ED data as part of the rapid reportables project, which seeks to create queries for all National Notifiable Diseases defined by the… read more
    … future. This query is intended to be narrow and capture visits with specific terms to support greater monitoring and … based on HUS-related chief complaint free-text terms: The visit is included if it contains: Chief complaints related … future. This query is intended to be narrow and capture visits with specific terms to support greater monitoring and …
  • Evaluating the utility of school absenteeism during the 2009–2010 influenza season in Los Angeles County

    Content Type: Abstract

    It has been postulated that school absenteeism, a non-traditional surveillance data source, may allow for early detection of disease outbreaks, particularly among school-aged children who may not seek emergency medical attention… read more
    … cited. Figure 1 Percent School Absenteeism and ILI ED visits by School Age Groups in Los Angeles County. Emerging … influenza-like illness emergency depart- ment (ILI ED) visits by ages 5–17 and (2) over-the-counter cough/cold … schools (p =0.06). Figure 1 shows the number of ILI ED visits, which peaked in early November for both elementary/ …
  • Evaluating University syndromic surveillance systems during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic

    Content Type: Abstract

    Syndromic surveillance has been widely adopted as a real-time monitoring tool in early response to disease outbreaks. In order to provide real-time information on the impact of 2009 H1N1 during the Fall 2009 semester, Georgetown … read more
    … and 2George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA E-mail: yz62@georgetown.edu Objective To describe the 2009 … illness (ILI) cases reported to medical staff: ED visits (GU and GWU Hospital emergency room visits records for patients aged 17–24 years with ILI), SHC …
  • The use of patient temperature data for biosurveillance in the emergency department

    Content Type: Abstract

    Biosurveillance systems commonly use emergency department (ED) patient chief complaint data (CC) for surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI). Daily volumes are tracked using a computerized patient CC classifier for fever (CC… read more
    … Residency in Emergency Medicine, Morristown, NJ, USA E-mail: johnalle@verizon.net Introduction Biosurveillance … fever CC T>100 Combined Figure 1 14-day moving average of visits for fever CC, T4100 and combined fever CC and T4100 … Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 4 number of visits that were identified by adding T4100 to CC Fever. …
  • Mental and Behavioral Health Resources

    Content Type: References

    The document includes examples of mental and behavioral health resources at the national, federal, state, and local levels. This list was compiled as a supplement for an… read more
    … in mental and behavioral health emergency department visits among school-aged children . Referenced File Document … one for mental health-related emergency department visits. 2. NC DETECT Mental Health Data Dashboard 3. NC … in mental and behavioral health emergency department visits among school-aged children . …
  • CDC Suspected Sex Trafficking v1

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Query purpose: The purpose of this definition is to assist state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal public health practitioners in detecting and monitoring trends of suspected sex trafficking among emergency departments… read more
    … Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, and Illinois classified visits into true and false positives and ‘unknown’ and … or sexual exploitation discharge diagnosis codes: The visit is included if it contains any of the following … Victim of child sexual exploitation (finding) The visit is included if it contains a discharge diagnosis code …