Open AccessA Comparison of Fever Classified Chief Complaints and Diagnoses with Recorded Body Temperatures
Author(s) -
Patricia Araki,
Emily Kajita,
Kelsey OYong,
Monica Z. Luarca,
Bessie Hwang,
Laurene Mascola
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
online journal of public health informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1947-2579
DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v7i1.5771
Subject(s) - medical diagnosis , emergency department , medicine , family medicine , pediatrics , medical emergency , pathology , psychiatry
In an effort to evaluate patient stated "fever" chief complaints and diagnoses utilizing emergency department data from the Los Angeles County Syndromic Surveillance project, each were compared with measured patient body temperatures in the fever range.
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