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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
    … Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9-CM),1 10th Revision (ICD-10-CM),2 and Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical … Overdose Surveillance (ESOOS) Programs. First, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, and SNOMED-CT diagnosis codes indicating … Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9-CM),1 10th Revision (ICD-10-CM),2 and Systematized …
  • Utility of Syndromic Surveillance for Investigating Morbidity Resulting from a Severe Weather Event

    Content Type: Abstract

    On 12/14/06, a windstorm in western Washington caused 4 million residents to lose power; within 24 hours, a surge in patients presented to emergency departments (EDs) with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. As previously described, records of… read more
    … to emergency departments (EDs) with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. As previously described, records of all patients presenting to King County EDs with CO poisoning between 12/15/06 to 12/24/06 (n=279) were … attempted to identify each of the 249 confirmed cases of CO poisoning in our syndromic ED data set by comparing the …
  • Assessing Best Practices for Grouping and Analyzing Urgent Care Center (UCC) and Emergency Department (ED) Data Sources within Syndromic Surveillance Systems

    Content Type: Abstract

    The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) electronically receives both urgent care center (UCC) data and hospital emergency department (ED) data from health care facilities in 43 of its 67 counties through its Electronic Surveillance System for the… read more
    … based on parsing of chief complaint data. The UCC data come from 22 urgent care centers located in Central Florida, and the ED data come from 161 hospitals located across the state. … based on parsing of chief complaint data. The UCC data come from 22 urgent care centers located in Central Florida, …
  • Missouri Emergency Department Visits for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

    Content Type: Abstract

    CO poisoning poses a significant public health burden. It is preventable, yet it remains a leading cause of poisoning in the United States. An effective surveillance system is very important for targeting and monitoring CO poisoning.Methods or… read more
    … CO poisoning poses a significant public health burden. It is … system is very important for targeting and monitoring CO poisoning.Methods or Description: ED data was analyzed … Epidemics (ESSENCE). The ED chief complaints of CO poisoning in ESSENCE contain keywords such as 'carbon' or …
  • Detection of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Chief Complaint Data

    Content Type: Abstract

    Following an Oct 12-13, 2006 snowstorm, almost 400,000 homes in western New York lost power, some for up to 12 days. News reports said that emergency rooms saw many patients with CO exposure; 3 deaths were attributed to CO poisoning. As part of NYS… read more
    … reports said that emergency rooms saw many patients with CO exposure; 3 deaths were attributed to CO poisoning. As part of NYS DOH’s syndromic surveillance … assess the ability to identify cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from chief complaints (CC) in hospital …
  • Identifying Respiratory-Related Clinical Conditions from ED Reports with Topaz

    Content Type: Abstract

    Case detection from chief complaints suffers from low to moderate sensitivity. Emergency Department (ED) reports contain detailed clinical information that could improve case detection ability and enhance outbreak… read more
    … from ED reports, such as: How many new patients have come to the ED with acute lower respiratory symptoms? Of the … called Topaz can identify acute episodes of 55 clinical con- ditions described in emergency department notes. … from ED reports, such as: • How many new patients have come to the ED with acute lower respiratory symptoms? • Of …
  • Heroin Overdose v5 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 heroin-involved overdoses using syndromic surveillance… read more
    … of Diseases, Clinical Modification, 9th Revision (ICD-9-CM)1, 10th Revision (ICD-10-CM)2, and Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical … and Mental Health Services Administration. First, ICD-10-CM, ICD-9-CM, and SNOMED-CT diagnosis codes indicating an …
  • ED visits for AMI, Stroke, ACS & COPD after the Statewide Smoking Ban in Cook Co., IL

    Content Type: Abstract

    Tobacco use is the leading global cause of preventable death, killing more than five million people per year. In addition, exposure to secondhand smoke is estimated to kill an additional 600,000 people globally each year. In 1986, the US Surgeon… read more
    … ACS & COPD after the Statewide Smoking Ban in Cook Co., IL …