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  • An Ecological Analysis of the Impact of Temperature Inversion on Emergency Department Visits for Respiratory Syndromes and Subsyndromes using BioSense 2.0 Frontend Data

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    During the winter months, Utah experiences a temperature inversion which traps pollutants, such as fine particle pollution (PM 2.5), in the Salt Lake Valley. A previous study determined the impact of inversion on ED visits for asthma, however… read more
    … A previous study determined the impact of inversion on ED visits for asthma, however similar phenomena have yet to be … for analyses to determine the impact of inversion on ED visits for respiratory syndrome and subsyndromes from …
  • Mental Health Emergency Department Visits in Houston: Developing a Post-Disaster Mental Health Surveillance System

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    The objective of this project was to classify and extract mental health emergency department (ED) visits from the Houston Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS) system. In addition, this project will offer a
    … and extract mental health emergency department (ED) visits from the Houston Real-time Outbreak and Disease … Katrina. Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;13(4):374-84. [3] Neria Y, Nandi A, Galea S. Post-traumatic stress disorder …
  • Outbreak of ED visits related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids, Mayotte Island

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    On October 2016, the Indian Ocean Regional Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of SC on Mayotte Island. In this context, an investigation based on a syndromic surveillance system… read more
    … Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of … to characterize the increase in emergency department (ED) visits related to the use of synthetic cannabinoids (SC). … Health Agency was alerted about an increase in ED visits related to adverse reactions associated with use of …
  • Asthma patterns in Boston emergency department visits for children age five and under

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    The burden of asthma on the youngest children in Boston is largely characterized through hospitalizations and self-report surveys. Hospitalization rates are highest in Black and Hispanic populations under age five. A study of… read more
    … being prescribed daily medication. Information on asthma visits for children 5 years old or younger was requested by … ED Visits 01 /05 /08 02 /02 /08 03 /01 /08 03 /29 /08 04 /26 /08 05 /24 /08 06 /21 /08 07 /19 /08 08 /16 /08 09 /13 … than White children to present at an ED for an asthma visit. Males accounted for 64% of all asthma syndrome visits …
  • Analysis of Emergency Department Visits for Motor Vehicle Injuries in Utah, 2016

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    Motor vehicle injury is the leading cause of death in injury category in the United States. In 2016, motor vehicle crashes were one of the main causes of death resulting from injury (8.8 per 100,000 population) in Utah. Motor vehicle crashes can… read more
    … data in the Utah Department of Health to monitor ED visits due to motor vehicle injuries in real time. Objective … describe the characteristics of emergency department (ED) visits for motor vehicle injuries in Utah using 2016 …
  • Syndrome evaluation of individuals reporting emergency department utilization for notifiable disease and conditions

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    The Duval County Health Department (DCHD) serves a community of over one million people in Jacksonville, FL, USA. Each year, DCHD Epidemiology Program reports an average of 1133 (4-year average) notifiable diseases and conditions (NDC)… read more
    … of NDC to identify related emergency department (ED) visits and subsequent CC-based syndrome categorization. These data may provide public health investigators insight into health … of SS syndromes based on the patient’s CC during their ED visit. Document …
  • Monitoring Hospital Emergency Department Visits for Chief Complaints of Insect Bites after a Major Flood

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    On August 20th and 21st, 2007, Ohio sustained heavy rains which resulted in severe flooding over a nine-county area in the north-central part of the state. Increased hospital emergency department (ED) visits were expected for gastrointestinal… read more
    … the state. Increased hospital emergency department (ED) visits were expected for gastrointestinal illnesses, but … - 08:40 … Monitoring Hospital Emergency Department Visits for Chief Complaints of Insect Bites after a Major …
  • Optimizing Performance of an Ngram Method for Classifying Emergency Department Visits into the Respiratory Syndrome

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    A number of different methods are currently used to classify patients into syndromic groups based on the patient’s chief complaint (CC). We previously reported results using an “Ngram” text processing program for building classifiers… read more
    … applies the ICD9 classifier to a training set of ED visits for which both the CC and ICD9 code are known. A … Specificity “HEST” (.84) “COUG” (.93) “FEVE” (.47) y Advances in Disease Surveillance 2007;2:1 … A number of …