Modelling treatment effects in a clinical Bayesian network using Boolean threshold functions

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-266

  Visscher, Stefan ^a   Lucas, Peter J F ^b   Schurink, Carolina A M ^c   Bonten, Marc J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Boolean threshold functions; Causal independence models; Computer based medical decision making; Decision support systems; Treatment selection; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BEST FUNCTION; BOOLEAN THRESHOLD FUNCTIONS; CAUSAL INDEPENDENCE; CAUSAL INDEPENDENCE MODELS; CLINICAL DATA; COLONISATION; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; COVERAGE MODELS; CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS; DECISION SUPPORTS; MODEL INTERACTION; REASONING WITH UNCERTAINTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT; THRESHOLD FUNCTIONS; THRESHOLD MODEL; TREATMENT EFFECTS; TREATMENT SELECTION; VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTIBIOTICS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATHOGENS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BAYES THEOREM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 67349231582     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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