2016
Survey of influenza and other respiratory viruses diagnostic testing in US hospitals, 2012–2013
Su S, Fry AM, Kirley PD, Aragon D, Yousey‐Hindes K, Meek J, Openo K, Oni O, Sharangpani R, Morin C, Hollick G, Lung K, Laidler M, Lindegren ML, Schaffner W, Atkinson A, Chaves SS. Survey of influenza and other respiratory viruses diagnostic testing in US hospitals, 2012–2013. Influenza And Other Respiratory Viruses 2016, 10: 86-90. PMID: 26505742, PMCID: PMC4746564, DOI: 10.1111/irv.12355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkRespiratory virusesAvailable rapid influenza diagnostic testsRapid influenza diagnostic testsInfluenza diagnostic testsOptimal clinical managementInfection control practitionersSurvey of hospitalsDetection of influenzaSurveillance networkInfluenza infectionClinical managementCatchment populationStandardized questionnaireUS hospitalsHospitalDiagnostic testingInfluenzaLaboratory capacityTelephone interviewsDiagnostic testsMolecular diagnostic assaysInsensitive assayControl practitionersDiagnostic practice
2008
The mortality burden of chronic liver disease may be substantially underestimated in the United States.
Durante AJ, St Louis T, Meek JI, Navarro VJ, Sofair AN. The mortality burden of chronic liver disease may be substantially underestimated in the United States. Connecticut Medicine 2008, 72: 389-92. PMID: 18763665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCause of DeathChronic DiseaseDeath CertificatesHumansLiver DiseasesPopulation SurveillanceRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsChronic liver diseaseICD-10 codesLiver diseaseEnd-stage liver diseaseStage liver diseaseDeath certificate dataCause of deathMedical examiner recordsCLD burdenCLD statusMedical chartsMortality burdenDeath certificatesCertificate dataHealth StatisticsCounty residentsDiseaseGold standardBurdenSerious diseaseDeathUnited States National CenterDetrimental effectsSpecificityPrevention
2001
Retrospective validation of a surveillance system for unexplained illness and death: New Haven County, Connecticut.
Kluger M, Sofair A, Heye C, Meek J, Sodhi R, Hadler J. Retrospective validation of a surveillance system for unexplained illness and death: New Haven County, Connecticut. American Journal Of Public Health 2001, 91: 1214-9. PMID: 11499106, PMCID: PMC1446748, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.91.8.1214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive prospective surveillanceInfectious causesUnexplained illnessProspective surveillanceRetrospective surveillanceRetrospective validationProspective surveillance systemHospital discharge dataSurveillance systemSuch patientsAnnual incidenceStudy criteriaMedical recordsNew Haven CountyComputerized searchIllnessLess labor-intensive alternativeDeathLabor-intensive alternativePatientsReference populationSurveillanceCauseDischarge dataStudy counties