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Application of change point analysis to daily influenza-like illness emergency department visits
2012
JAMIA Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
The utility of healthcare utilization data from US emergency departments (EDs) for rapid monitoring of changes in influenza-like illness (ILI) activity was highlighted during the recent influenza A (H1N1 ...
Objective To evaluate a complementary approach, change point analysis (CPA), for detecting changes in the incidence of ED visits due to ILI. ...
Acknowledgments The authors acknowledge Dr James W Buehler, MD, Director of the Public Health Surveillance and Informatics Program Office at US CDC.
Competing interests None. ...
doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000793
pmid:22759619
pmcid:PMC3534458
fatcat:ghklvdh6mzea5cgkxqkjexz63u
Potential for early warning of viral influenza activity in the community by monitoring clinical diagnoses of influenza in hospital emergency departments
2007
BMC Public Health
We used time series methods to assess whether monitoring of daily counts of Emergency Department (ED) visits assigned a clinical diagnosis of influenza could offer earlier warning of increased incidence ...
of viral influenza in the population compared with surveillance of daily counts of positive influenza test results from laboratories. ...
Acknowledgements We would like to thank Mr Alan Willmore for his work in providing the HOIST data warehouse and systems. ...
doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-250
pmid:17877836
pmcid:PMC2075512
fatcat:2d7oriuwy5eezk6f76ae2eajx4
Extreme precipitation and emergency room visits for influenza in Massachusetts: a case-crossover analysis
2017
Environmental Health
Our objective was to evaluate the association between extreme precipitation (≥ 99th percentile) events and risk of emergency room (ER) visit for influenza in Massachusetts during 2002-2008. ...
Methods: A case-crossover analysis of extreme precipitation events and influenza ER visits was conducted using hospital administrative data including patient town of residence, date of visit, age, sex, ...
Acknowledgements Not applicable.
Funding This work was supported by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [Contract #EP13D000041; AI#DW89922983]. ...
doi:10.1186/s12940-017-0312-7
pmid:29041975
pmcid:PMC5645981
fatcat:bncw6lnchjd6zpdv23t66xuxzu
Analysis of Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Activity during Influenza Season, COVID-19 Epidemic, and Lockdown Periods in View of Managing a Future Disaster Risk: A Multicenter Observational Study
2020
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Analysis of 368,262 ED-visits highlighted a significantly increasing trend in ED-visits during influenza followed by a significantly decreasing trend after lockdown. ...
During lockdown, significantly diminishing trends were shown for all diagnostic categories (between −40.8% and −73.6%), except influenza-like illness/COVID cases (+31.6%), Pulmonary embolism/deep vein ...
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank Jeffrey Arsham, an American scientific translator, for having reviewed the English language text. ...
doi:10.3390/ijerph17228302
pmid:33182696
fatcat:52juxigprna2zbdj2erygg3m2e
Human temperatures for syndromic surveillance in the emergency department: data from the autumn wave of the 2009 swine flu (H1N1) pandemic and a seasonal influenza outbreak
2016
BMC Emergency Medicine
The emergency department (ED) increasingly acts as a gateway to the evaluation and treatment of acute illnesses. ...
Results: From September 2009 through August 2011, 71,865 body temperatures were collected and included in our analysis, 2073 (2.6 %) of which were fevers. ...
Exergen designed the data-logging thermometer system and played a role in the design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit for ...
doi:10.1186/s12873-016-0080-7
pmid:26961277
pmcid:PMC4784270
fatcat:mzfcnlgvcndvtaqtkf4hn35oz4
International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference 2010
2011
Emerging Health Threats Jour
Comparison of respiratory, febrile and influenza-like illness syndromes to detect laboratory-reported H1N1 and RSV, Influenza Season 2009-10, New York City E Westheimer, TQ Nguyen, M Paladini, D Weiss, ...
Evaluating the use of syndromic surveillance for the detection of influenza-like illness in Salt Lake County, Utah J Robertson and M Hill 74. ...
Likewise, the authors' findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. ...
doi:10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.7174
pmid:24149039
pmcid:PMC3168218
fatcat:r34ofgptjbhbblmg7k2xwtcxkq
Change in urban and non-urban pattern of ED use during the COVID-19 pandemic in 28 Michigan hospitals: an observational study
2021
BMJ Open
ObjectiveTo assess the trends in visits, overall and by age, to urban and non-urban emergency departments (EDs), and visits resulting in admission to hospital before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using ...
The oldest age groups showed the least change in ED visits in response to the pandemic.ConclusionsThis large US Midwestern state study describes a dramatic decrease in ED visits after the onset of the ...
plus the addition of ICD-10 codes for influenza-like illness. ...
doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043024
pmid:33550257
fatcat:lmfetvat5nfzviwrlji2avvpwa
Validation of a syndromic surveillance system using a general practitioner house calls network, Bordeaux, France
2008
Eurosurveillance
We also appreciate the valuable participation of Lisa King and Christelle Vergeres for reading and commenting the article. ...
emergency departments and mortality registry offices [9] . ...
Furthermore, the definition of influenza-like illness is not precisely the same: in the sentinel system, influenza-like illness is defined by a sudden fever (>39°C or >102°F) accompanied with myalgia and ...
doi:10.2807/ese.13.25.18905-en
fatcat:6jz3nyoohjcsbnzjmoa3kqhuha
Rapid viral diagnosis for acute febrile respiratory illness in children in the Emergency Department
2014
The Cochrane library
The goal of the study was to assess the effect of a rapid diagnosis of influenza on the management of children with influenza-like illnesses. ...
During influenza seasons, fever and respiratory infection symptoms make up to 25% of all reasons for a visit to an Emergency Department (ED) (Silka 2003) . ...
F E E D B A C K
Rapid viral diagnosis for acute febrile respiratory illness in children in the Emergency Department, 19 November 2009 Summary The meta-analysis by Doan, et. al. is excellent. ...
doi:10.1002/14651858.cd006452.pub4
pmid:25222468
fatcat:olm6fjorcbfjjmm5zrdjisym34
International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference 2011: Building the Future of Public Health Surveillance
2011
Emerging Health Threats Jour
Acknowledgments We are thankful to all the sentinel network practitioners, the practitioners of the adult and pediatric emergency departments. ...
We would also like to thank Jim Angel, Illinois State Climatologist and Judy Kauerauf from Illinois Department of Public Health for their assistance. ...
Today, about 1600 emergency department visits occur daily in Marion County's 14 emergency departments. ...
doi:10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11702
pmid:24149043
pmcid:PMC3261719
fatcat:3irrx5ne3bdntbyntliy33yzca
Applying Machine Learning Models with An Ensemble Approach for Accurate Real-Time Influenza Forecasting in Taiwan: Development and Validation Study
2020
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Methods Using surveillance data of influenza-like illness visits from emergency departments (from the Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance System), outpatient departments (from the National Health ...
Objective We aimed to develop predictive models using machine learning to provide real-time influenza-like illness forecasts. ...
Acknowledgments We would like to thank the Acer Value Lab for providing technical support for this project (Fluforecast) and the data visualization website. ...
doi:10.2196/15394
pmid:32755888
fatcat:ipt56vkxsffdzhvkzjliu54eji
Establishing a nationwide emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system for better public health responses in Taiwan
2008
BMC Public Health
A disease surveillance team was organized to establish a hospital emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system (ED-SSS) capable of automatically transmitting patient data electronically from ...
the hospitals responsible for emergency care throughout the country to the Centers for Disease Control in Taiwan (Taiwan-CDC) starting March, 2004. ...
We would also like to thank Ms. ...
doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-18
pmid:18201388
pmcid:PMC2249581
fatcat:cwh64hzy35dz7ov2lqqxmgsbv4
Outside the Box and Into Thick Air: Implementation of an Exterior Mobile Pediatric Emergency Response Team for North American H1N1 (Swine) Influenza Virus in Houston, Texas
2010
Annals of Emergency Medicine
We describe the implementation of a mobile pediatric emergency response team for mildly ill children with influenza-like illnesses during the H1N1 swine influenza outbreak. ...
Children aged 18 years or younger were screened for viral respiratory symptoms and sent to designated areas of the ED according to level of acuity, possibility of influenza-like illness, and the anticipated ...
Methods of Measurement and Primary Data Analysis Total ED visits and visits to each area of the ED, time in department, numbers of admissions, and patients in whom viral testing was used were captured ...
doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.08.003
pmid:19837479
pmcid:PMC7124240
fatcat:xejcbjzkhvallk2wclrhihhhwa
Local implementation of a syndromic influenza surveillance system using emergency department data in Santander, Spain
2013
Journal of public health
Methods We applied a cumulative sum algorithm on emergency department (ED) chief complaints for influenza-like illness in the seasons 2010-11 and 2011-12. ...
A B S T R AC T Background We assessed the local implementation of syndromic surveillance (SyS) as part of the European project 'System for Information on, Detection and Analysis of Risks and Threats to ...
Acknowledgement The authors would like to thank the Instituto de Salud Carlos III for providing the reference data from sentinel GPs for the Autonomous Region of Cantabria. ...
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdt043
pmid:23620543
fatcat:3tgb346ifjhuzelbqwthhwkeda
Prognostic accuracy of SIRS criteria and qSOFA score for in-hospital mortality among influenza patients in the emergency department
2020
BMC Infectious Diseases
Early predictive identification of patients with potentially worse outcome is important in the emergency department (ED). Similarly as with bacterial infection, influenza can cause sepsis. ...
Adult ED patients (age ≥ 18 at admission) with laboratory-proven influenza from 2010 to 2016 were included for data analysis. The initial SIRS and qSOFA scores were both collected. ...
Acknowledgements The authors thank the Center for Big Data Analytics and Statistics of Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital for their assistance with statistical analyses of the data presented in this manuscript ...
doi:10.1186/s12879-020-05102-7
pmid:32471385
fatcat:cval2gzilngcnmtfbgf53cwwoe
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