Clinical decision-support systems for intensive care units using case-based reasoning

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 671-677

  Frize, Monique ^a,b   Walker, Robin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Division of Neonatalogy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Decision support; Intensive care medicine (adult and neonatal); Matching patient diagnoses; Pilot clinical evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035102385     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(00)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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