A comparison of chief complaints and emergency department reports for identifying patients with acute lower respiratory syndrome
2006 · in Proceedings of the National Syndromic Surveillance Conference (ISDS 2006)
Abstract
Automated syndromic surveillance systems often classify patients into syndromic categories based on free-text chief complaints. Chief complaints (CC) demonstrate low to moderate sensitivity in identifying syndromic cases. Emergency Department (ED) reports promise more detailed clinical information that may increase sensitivity of detection.