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Italy: 7.8% of all Emergency Departments Admissions were due to ARI in week 51/2010, 1st Alert Level Threshold exceeded.
[Source: National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanit?), full PDF documen, in Italian (LINK). Extract, edited.]
Acute Respiratory Illness Emergency Departments Admission Surveillance System
Week 51 (20-26 december 2010)
Acute Respiratory Illness:
During week 51/2010, 7.8% of all patients admissions to Hospital Emergency Departments were due to acute respiratory illness.
Among these patients, 21% has been hospitalized.
Summary
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Acute Respiratory Illness Emergency Departments Admission Surveillance System
Week 51 (20-26 december 2010)
Acute Respiratory Illness:
During week 51/2010, 7.8% of all patients admissions to Hospital Emergency Departments were due to acute respiratory illness.
Among these patients, 21% has been hospitalized.
Summary
- Regions and Public Health Administrations participating to the Surveillance Network: 13/21 (62%)
- Administrations sending data: 13/13 (100%)
- Trend - Alert Threshold
- All causes Emergency Department Admissions - Stable - Not exceeded
- Emergency Departments Admissions for Acute Respiratory Illness - Increasing - 1st Alert Level Threshold Exceeded
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