Surveillance of children's blood lead levels - United States, 1991
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Only half (57%) of US states require state laboratories to report blood lead levels in children. The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a plan for eliminating childhood lead poisoning that includes the development of a national reporting system. The Centers for Disease Control will fund efforts by state health departments to improve their reporting of children's blood lead levels. Public and private laboratories will be at the heart of the reporting system, since lead poisoning seldom causes symptoms severe enough to alert physicians. Three to four million US children were estimated to have excessive blood lead levels in 1984.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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Use of Hospital Discharge Data to Monitor Uterine Rupture--Massachusetts, 1990-1997
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There is no specific code in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes for uterine rupture during an attempted vaginal delivery in women with a previous cesarean scar. For this reason, this complication may not be properly coded. This was found to be the case in a study of hospital discharge data in Massachusetts. There are three different ICD-9CM codes that could be applied to a woman whose uterine scar ruptures during an attempted vaginal delivery. The study found these codes were not used consistently.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Surveillance for early detection of disease outbreaks at an outdoor mass gathering--Virginia, 2005
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Implementation of public health surveillance at mass gatherings might help detect outbreaks or possible acts of biologic terrorism and enable prompt public health intervention. The syndromic surveillance used for gathering could be improved by implementation of an electronic medical record system that would allow for immediate and real time disease reporting, eliminating the need for additional staff time to complete forms.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
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