Using information theory to identify redundancy in common laboratory tests in the intensive care unit Clinical decision-making, knowledge support systems, and theory

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Joon ^a   Maslove, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84938381687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-015-0187-x     Document Type: Article

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