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  • Drowning and Submersion - CDC

    Content Type: Syndrome

    A step-wise article on developing this syndrome definition can be found in the April 2019 NSSP Update https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/news.html This syndrome is an initial attempt at an improved Drowning and Submersion query in NSSP ESSENCE. It was… read more
    … at an improved Drowning and Submersion query in NSSP ESSENCE. It was developed starting with the existing ESSENCE …
  • Language Barriers - CDC

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome is a work-in-progress and was created to experiment with Chief Complaint text indicating a language barrier between medical professionals and patient and/or an interpreter is needed to provide medical care. This was… read more
    … to provide medical care. This was developed on the NSSP ESSENCE CCQV data in the Processed Chief Complaint field. I … to provide medical care. This was developed on the NSSP ESSENCE CCQV data in the Processed Chief Complaint field. I …
  • Carbon Monoxide - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on CO Poisoning and Exposure Kansas just made CO Poisoning a mandatory reportable disease, but this was done so rapidly that hospital didn't have the chance to get reporting measures/alerts in place… read more
    … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on CO Poisoning and Exposure Kansas just made CO … - 14:46 … This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on CO Poisoning and Exposure Kansas just made CO …
  • Exposure to Forces of Nature (Weather) Diagnosis Codes - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to capture cases where the "exposure to forces of nature" diagnosis codes are sent. This was created as a starting place for weather surveillance and should capture all weather-related events that are explicitly stated and… read more
    … excludes these cases. Syndromic Surveillance System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - … excludes these cases. Syndromic Surveillance System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - …
  • Exposure to Forces of Nature (Weather) Diagnosis Codes - Excluding Heat/Sunlight Exposure - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This syndrome was created to capture records where the "exposure to forces of nature" diagnosis codes are sent, excluding Heat/Sunlight codes. The original syndrome captured all weather-related events that are explicitly stated and diagnosed, but… read more
    … are not of interest. Syndromic Surveillance System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - … are not of interest. Syndromic Surveillance System - ESSENCE Data Source - Emergency Room Visits Fields Used - …
  • Gunshot Injuries - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    Responding to an ask on the ISDS forums (https://www.healthsurveillance.org/forums/posts.aspx?group=190904&topic=1452124&page=1&hhSearchTerms=#post_1452124), KDHE made a first attempt at a Gunshot Injury query for Kansas syndromic data.… read more
    … over the thread. It's important to note that the NSSP ESSENCE Firearm subsyndrome has some innacuracies. The … SubSyndrome Free Text to leverage the processing power of ESSENCE. Over the 90 day period of Kansas production data, …
  • Carbon Monoxide Exposure V2 - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    KDHE has updated the exhisting CO Poisoning Surveillance queries. Version 1 can be found here https://www.surveillancerepository.org/carbon-monoxide-exposure-kansas-department-health-and-environment Previously, we were querying for carbon… read more
    … for carbon monoxide-related cases by using the NSSP ESSENCE SubSyndrome for COPoisoning coupled with an ICD10 CM … Finally, current NSSP ESSENCE updates have allowed for querying across multiple …
  • Storms - Kansas Department of Health and Environment

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This is a cluster of syndromes created to populate an extreme weather myESSENCE tab. The intent was to increase repeatability of our weather surveillance and have something where a user can use the "Change Region" option to select whatever county,… read more
    … a major work-in progress. All of this as done in NSSP ESSENCE on Emergency Room data. Fields are specified by each … a major work-in progress. All of this as done in NSSP ESSENCE on Emergency Room data. Fields are specified by each …