Prediction of outcome in critically ill patients using artificial neural network synthesised by genetic algorithm

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9009, 1996, Pages 1146-1150

  Dybowski, Richard ^a   Weller, Peter ^b   Chang, René ^c   Gant, Vanya ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SHOCK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030603526     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90609-1     Document Type: Article

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