A remote fuzzy multicriteria diagnosis of sore throat

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 656-665

  Dalalah, Doraid ^a   Magableh, Sami ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Prince Rashid Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy multicriteria diagnosis; Group A streptococci; Sore throat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; KETONES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; TESTING;

ADULT PATIENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL DECISIONS; CLINICAL MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; FUZZY MULTICRITERIA DIAGNOSIS; FUZZY REASONING; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI; HEALTH SERVICES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-ANALYSIS; SORE THROAT; VIRAL INFECTIONS;

HEALTH;

PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUZZY LOGIC; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; JORDAN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARYNGITIS; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52749088513     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2007.0120     Document Type: Article

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