Evaluation of the GIDEON expert computer program for the diagnosis of imported febrile illnesses

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-442

  Bottieau, Emmanuel ^a   Moreira, Juan ^a,b   Clerinx, Jan ^a   Colebunders, Robert ^a,c   Van Gompel, Alfons ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Centro de Epidemiologia Comunitaria Y Medicina Tropical   (Ecuador)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Expert system; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEVER; GIDEON; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; TROPICS;

BELGIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEVER; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 44049106778     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07312715     Document Type: Article

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