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Using routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness, Germany, week 10 2017 until week 10 2021
dc.contributor.authorBoender, T. Sonia
dc.contributor.authorCai, Wei
dc.contributor.authorSchranz, Madlen
dc.contributor.authorKocher, Theresa
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Birte
dc.contributor.authorUlrich, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorBuda, Silke
dc.contributor.authorZöllner, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorGreiner, Felix
dc.contributor.authorDiercke, Michaela
dc.contributor.authorGrabenhenrich, Linus
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-20T13:23:08Z
dc.date.available2024-09-20T13:23:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-07none
dc.identifier.other10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.27.2100865
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12252
dc.description.abstractBackground The COVID-19 pandemic expanded the need for timely information on acute respiratory illness at population level. Aim We explored the potential of routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness in Germany. Methods We used routine attendance data from emergency departments, which continuously transferred data between week 10 2017 and 10 2021, with ICD-10 codes available for > 75% of attendances. Case definitions for acute respiratory infection (ARI), severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), influenza-like illness (ILI), respiratory syncytial virus infection (RSV) and COVID-19 were based on a combination of ICD-10 codes, and/or chief complaints, sometimes combined with information on hospitalisation and age. Results We included 1,372,958 attendances from eight emergency departments. The number of attendances dropped in March 2020 during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave, increased during summer, and declined again during the resurge of COVID-19 cases in autumn and winter of 2020/21. A pattern of seasonality of respiratory infections could be observed. By using different case definitions (i.e. for ARI, SARI, ILI, RSV) both the annual influenza seasons in the years 2017–2020 and the dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21 were apparent. The absence of the 2020/21 influenza season was visible, parallel to the resurge of COVID-19 cases. SARI among ARI cases peaked in April–May 2020 (17%) and November 2020–January 2021 (14%). Conclusion Syndromic surveillance using routine emergency department data can potentially be used to monitor the trends, timing, duration, magnitude and severity of illness caused by respiratory viruses, including both influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleUsing routine emergency department data for syndromic surveillance of acute respiratory illness, Germany, week 10 2017 until week 10 2021none
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12252-5
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleEurosurveillancenone
local.edoc.container-issn1560-7917none
local.edoc.pages13none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.eurosurveillance.org/none
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and controlnone
local.edoc.container-volume27none
local.edoc.container-issue27none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2022none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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