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ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)

Harnessing Syndromic Surveillance Emergency Department Data to Monitor Health Impacts During the 2015 Special Olympics World Games.

Emily Kajita, Monica Z Luarca, Han Wu, Bessie Hwang, Laurene Mascola

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Article in Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Syndromic Surveillance Systems for Mass Gatherings: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  7. A public health enhanced surveillance system for a mass gathering event.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emily Kajita1 Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Monica Z Luarca1 Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Han Wu1 Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Bessie Hwang1 Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Laurene Mascola1 Acute Communicable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMass gatherings that attract a large international presence may cause or amplify point-source outbreaks of emerging infectious disease. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health customized its syndromic surveillance system to detect increased syndrome-specific utilization of emergency departments (EDs) and other medical encounters coincident to the 2015 Special Olympics World Games. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe queried live databases containing data on ED visits, California Poison Control System calls, and Los Angeles County coroner-investigated deaths for increases in daily counts from July 19 to August 6, 2015. We chose syndrome categories based on the potential for disease outbreaks common to international travel and dormitory settings, morbidity amplified by high temperatures, and bioterrorism threats inherent to mass gatherings. We performed line-list reviews and trend analyses of total, syndrome-specific, and region-specific daily counts, using cumulative sum-based signals. We also piloted a novel strategy of requesting that ED registrars proactively tag Special Olympics attendees in chief complaint data fields.

resultsThe syndromic surveillance system showed that the 2015 Special Olympics did not generate large-scale acute morbidities leading to detectable stress on local EDs. We recruited 10 hospitals for proactive patient tagging, from which 16 Special Olympics attendees were detected; these patients reported various symptoms, such as injury, vomiting, and syncope. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: As an enhancement to traditional syndromic surveillance, proactive patient tagging can illuminate potential epidemiologic links among patients in challenging syndromic surveillance applications, such as mass gatherings. Syndromic surveillance has the potential to enhance ED patient polling and reporting of exposure, symptom, and other epidemiologic case definition criteria to public health agencies in near-real time.

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Anniversaries and Special EventsDisease OutbreaksSportsCaliforniaEmergency Service, HospitalHospitalsHumansPublic Health InformaticsPublic Health SurveillanceSpatial Analysismass gatheringpatient taggingSpecial Olympicssyndromic surveillance

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PMID28692391
PMCPMC5676508
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