Artificial intelligence can predict daily trauma volume and average acuity.

Journal: The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to integrate temporal and weather data in order to create an artificial neural network (ANN) to predict trauma volume, the number of emergent operative cases, and average daily acuity at a Level I trauma center.

Authors

  • David P Stonko
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
  • Bradley M Dennis
  • Richard D Betzold
  • Allan B Peetz
  • Oliver L Gunter
  • Oscar D Guillamondegui