All causes and respiratory related ED visits in Ottawa by age and week

Date created: February 2023 Update frequency: Weekly Accuracy: Points of consideration for interpretation of the data: Data are extracted by Ottawa Public Health from the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) Public Health’s Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance Application (ACES). Data are for all ED visits to Ottawa hospitals, regardless of place of residence of clients. ACES categorizes each ED visit as respiratory-related based on the words or codes for symptoms or complaints recorded in the chief complaint section in a patient’s triage record. The categorization includes visits likely due to such diseases and conditions as bronchiolitis, RSV, croup, influenza-like illness, asthma, pneumonia and other respiratory infections and conditions. OPH modified the categorization to include French terminology in the chief complaint, remove visits exclusively for COVID-19 testing and include ED visits due to COVID-19 illness or symptoms as respiratory-related. This means the counts or rates included in this product may be different compared to other sources. The chief complaint at triage may not be the same as the final diagnosis. Attributes - Data fields: Start of Week - the first day (YYYY-MM-DD) within the week of interest, week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Age Category – age range of patients during their emergency department (ED) visit (0 to 3 years, 4 to 11 years, 12 to 17 years, 18 to 54 years, 55 to 79 years, 80+ years). All Causes ED Visits to Ottawa Hospitals – total number of ED visits, including visits by non-Ottawa residents, to Ottawa hospitals. Multiple ED visits by the same person in the same week are counted as multiple ED visits. Respiratory-related ED Visits to Ottawa Hospitals - total number of respiratory-related ED visits, including non-Ottawa residents to Ottawa hospitals. Includes visits due to illnesses and conditions such as bronchiolitis, RSV, croup, influenza-like illness, asthma, pneumonia and other respiratory infections and conditions. % ED Visits Respiratory-related in Ottawa Hospitals – the percentage of ED visits that were due to respiratory-related conditions in Ottawa hospitals. The numerator is the total number of respiratory-related ED visits and the denominator is the total number ED visits, all causes. Author: OPH Epidemiology Team Author email: [e-mail] Maintainer Organization: Epidemiology & Evidence, Ottawa Public Health创建日期：2023年2月 更新频率：每周更新 数据准确性：原文未提供具体说明 数据解读注意事项： 本数据由渥太华公共卫生部门（Ottawa Public Health, OPH）从金斯顿、弗朗特纳克、伦诺克斯与阿丁顿（Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, KFL&A）公共卫生部门的急性护理增强监测应用（Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance Application, ACES）中提取。数据涵盖所有前往渥太华医院的急诊科（Emergency Department, ED）就诊记录，无论就诊者的居住地区。 ACES根据患者分诊记录中主诉栏记录的症状或主诉的词汇与编码，将每次急诊科就诊归类为呼吸相关就诊。该分类包含可能由细支气管炎、呼吸道合胞病毒（Respiratory Syncytial Virus, RSV）、哮吼、类流感疾病、哮喘、肺炎及其他呼吸道感染与病症引发的就诊。 渥太华公共卫生部门对该分类规则进行了调整：纳入主诉中的法语术语、移除仅用于新冠病毒检测的就诊记录，并将因新冠病毒感染或症状引发的急诊科就诊纳入呼吸相关就诊范畴。因此本数据集的计数或比率可能与其他数据源存在差异。 分诊阶段的主诉可能与最终确诊结果不一致。 数据字段说明： 1. 周起始日期（Start of Week）：目标周的首日（格式为YYYY-MM-DD），该周以周日为起始、周六为结束。 2. 年龄分组（Age Category）：患者急诊科就诊时的年龄区间，分为0~3岁、4~11岁、12~17岁、18~54岁、55~79岁及80岁以上。 3. 渥太华医院急诊科总就诊量（All Causes ED Visits to Ottawa Hospitals）：前往渥太华医院的急诊科总就诊次数，包含非渥太华居民的就诊记录。同一患者在同一周内多次就诊将被分别计数。 4. 渥太华医院呼吸相关急诊科就诊量（Respiratory-related ED Visits to Ottawa Hospitals）：前往渥太华医院的呼吸相关急诊科就诊总次数，包含非渥太华居民的就诊记录。涵盖细支气管炎、呼吸道合胞病毒、哮吼、类流感疾病、哮喘、肺炎及其他呼吸道感染与病症引发的就诊。 5. 渥太华医院呼吸相关急诊科就诊占比（% ED Visits Respiratory-related in Ottawa Hospitals）：渥太华医院急诊科呼吸相关就诊占总就诊量的百分比。分子为呼吸相关急诊科就诊总次数，分母为所有原因的急诊科总就诊次数。 作者：渥太华公共卫生部门流行病学团队（OPH Epidemiology Team） 作者邮箱：[e-mail] 维护机构：渥太华公共卫生部门流行病学与证据处（Epidemiology & Evidence, Ottawa Public Health）