Computer-assisted decision support for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases in intensive care units

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 305-312

  Schurink, C A M ^a   Lucas, P J F ^b   Hoepelman, I M ^a   Bonten, M J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18044389746     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(05)70115-8     Document Type: Review

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