Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, March 12, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. RR-2

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• Alternative Title:
  Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage Among Infants: Recommendations from the Working Group for Investigation and Surveillance
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Brown, Clive ; Damon, Scott A. ; Redd, Stephen C.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.), Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects.
• Description:
  This report presents CDC's recommended case definitions and surveillance practices for Acute Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage (AIPH). In 1994 and 1997, CDC reported clusters of acute pulmonary hemorrhage (APH) among infants in Cleveland, Ohio. Subsequent reviews of these investigations identified shortcomings in the conduct of the studies and concluded that the investigations did not prove an association between APH among infants and exposure to molds. In response to recommendations from these reviews, with assistance of external consultants, CDC staff developed a plan to conduct surveillance for and investigation of AIPH. In developing this response, CDC recommends a definition for a clinically confirmed case of AIPH among infants on the basis of evidence of blood in the airway, age
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Cluster Analysis Hemoptysis / Diagnosis Hemoptysis / Epidemiology Hemoptysis / Etiology Hemorrhage Hemosiderosis Infant Infant, Newborn International Classification Of Diseases Lung Diseases Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2004; v. 53, no. 2
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  15017372
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio
• Pages in Document:
  16 pdf pages
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a7f80cb7203e6f548eb3349bc274c5081d027c41309a2b48f161e9f8276f8dbd5225555e95cf06e4d0f31c5b570e919b1b42a7a1480bf0c464fc8f0272b22d0f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13356/cdc_13356_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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