Assessing syndromic surveillance of cardiovascular outcomes from emergency department chief complaint data in New York City

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Mathes, Robert W ^a   Ito, Kazuhiko ^b   Matte, Thomas ^c  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLD CLIMATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SYNDROME;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME;

EID: 79951891191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014677     Document Type: Article

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