Detecting borderline infection in an automated monitoring system for healthcare-associated infection using fuzzy logic

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-41

  de Bruin, Jeroen S ^a   Adlassnig, Klaus Peter ^a,b   Blacky, Alexander ^c   Koller, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medexter Healthcare GmbH   (Austria)

^c Sterilization and Disinfection   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated monitoring and surveillance systems; Fuzzy logic; Healthcare associated infections; Infection control; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEMS; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; ELECTRONIC MONITORING; ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE; INFECTION CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

MONITORING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BORDERLINE INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUZZY LOGIC; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA MINING; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84992311213     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: 18732860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2016.04.005     Document Type: Article

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