Clinical decision support systems for intensive care units: Using artificial neural networks

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-225

  Frize, Monique ^a,b   Ennett, Colleen M ^a   Stevenson, Maryhelen ^c   Trigg, Heather C E ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Decision support; Intensive care medicine; Outcomes estimation; System performance

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NURSING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RESOURCE UTILIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH STATUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; APACHE; CANADA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LINEAR MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0034970122     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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