Improving the anesthetic process by a fuzzy rule based medical decision system.

Journal: Artificial intelligence in medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this research is the design and implementation of a new fuzzy logic tool for automatic drug delivery in patients undergoing general anesthesia. The aim is to adjust the drug dose to the real patient needs using heuristic knowledge provided by clinicians. A two-level computer decision system is proposed. The idea is to release the clinician from routine tasks so that he can focus on other variables of the patient.

Authors

  • Juan Albino Mendez
    Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Electronic address: jamendez@ull.edu.es.
  • Ana Leon
    Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain.
  • Ayoze Marrero
    Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
  • Jose M Gonzalez-Cava
    Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
  • Jose Antonio Reboso
    Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain.
  • Jose Ignacio Estevez
    Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
  • José F Gomez-Gonzalez
    Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.