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Did You Know? | Create customized maps with the heart disease and stroke data you choose 02/26/2016
Did You Know?
February 26, 2016
- The burden of heart disease and stroke varies substantially from county to county.
- CDC’s Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke, an online mapping tool, documents geographic disparities in heart disease and stroke by race/ethnicity, gender, and age.
- You can create and share maps of your communities and export data for heart disease and stroke, healthcare services, socioeconomic conditions, and more.
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Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCDC's Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program (MCHEP) Grand Rounds 02/26/2016
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program
Grand Rounds: March 2, 2016 at 2pm EST
Severe Maternal Morbidity: National and Local Perspectives
Please join us for the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program (MCHEP) Grand Rounds featuring presentations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about their efforts to define severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in the United States as well as two local health departments who have implemented SMM surveillance in their localities.
Dr. Elena Kuklina from the CDC will provide an overview of what SMM is, including how SMM is defined and assessed; Sang Hee Won from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will speak about their process for designing and implementing their first SMM surveillance; and Megan Macdonald from the Florida Department of Health will share results from their SMM surveillance among delivery hospitalizations from 2010-2013.
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Learn more about the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program from CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health.
MMWR Vol. 65 / Early Release 02/26/2016
MMWR Early Release
Vol. 65, Early Release
February 26, 2016
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Zika Virus Infection Among U.S. Pregnant Travelers — August 2015–February 2016
Dana Meaney-Delman, MD; Susan L. Hills, MBBS; Charnetta Williams, MD; et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65(Early Release):
On January 19, 2016, CDC released interim guidelines recommending pregnant women who had traveled to areas with ongoing local transmission of Zika virus and who had symptoms consistent with Zika virus disease be tested for Zika virus infection. These guidelines were updated and expanded on February 5 to offer Zika virus testing to all pregnant women with Zika virus exposure, regardless of presence of symptoms. As of February 17, 2016, nine pregnant travelers with Zika virus infection from the United States had been identified. No Zika virus–related hospitalizations or deaths were reported among pregnant women. Pregnancy outcomes among the nine confirmed cases included two early pregnancy losses, two elective terminations, and three live births (two apparently healthy infants and one infant with severe microcephaly); two pregnancies (18 weeks’ and 34 weeks’ gestation) are continuing without known complications.
Transmission of Zika Virus Through Sexual Contact with Travelers to Areas of Ongoing Transmission — Continental United States, 2016
Susan L. Hills, MBBS; Kate Russell, MD; Morgan Hennessey, DVM; et al.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65(Early Release):
CDC released interim guidance for prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus on February 5, 2016, and updated guidelines on February 26, 2016. This report provides information on six confirmed and probable cases of sexual transmission of Zika virus from male travelers to female nontravelers.
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Are You Aware? Quick Facts about Kidney Disease 02/26/2016
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February 2016
Are You Aware? Quick Facts About Kidney Disease
Cardiovascular Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an even higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease than people without CKD.
Cardiovascular Mortality, by Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) and Albuminuria*
NHANES-NDI = merged dataset of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the National Death Index.
Albuminuria (protein in the urine) and eGFR* are useful in the diagnosis and management of the different stages of kidney disease. However, many patients are likely to have cardiovascular events even before they are aware of having CKD. Therefore, focused attention on cardiovascular disease and its underlying risk factors, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, is critical during the follow-up and management of patients with or at risk of CKD.
*eGFR is a measure of kidney function. It is the rate at which the kidneys filter wastes and extra fluid from the blood and is measured in milliliters per minute. People with kidney damage (e.g., having albumin in the urine, also known as microalbuminuria or macroalbuminuria, depending on the amount of albumin in the urine) or with an eGFR of less than 60 for 3 months or longer are considered to have CKD. The lower the eGFR, the more advanced the disease.
References
1. Sarnak MJ, Levey AS, Schoolwerth AC, et al. Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: a statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Epidemiology and Prevention. Circulation. 2003;108:2154-2169.
2. Chronic Kidney Disease Prognosis Consortium. Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis. Lancet. 2010;375(9731):2073-2081.
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