Use of a probabilistic neural network to estimate the risk of mortality after cardiac surgery

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 178-185

  Orr, Richard K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Fallon Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; neural networks; predictive models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; HEART SURGERY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0030987793     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9701700208     Document Type: Article

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