Predicting hospital-acquired pneumonia among schizophrenic patients: a machine learning approach.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
Published Date: Mar 13, 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Medications are frequently used for treating schizophrenia, however, anti-psychotic drug use is known to lead to cases of pneumonia. The purpose of our study is to build a model for predicting hospital-acquired pneumonia among schizophrenic patients by adopting machine learning techniques.

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  • Kuang Ming Kuo
    Department of Healthcare Administration, I-Shou University, No.8, Yida Rd., Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City, 82445, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Paul C Talley
    Department of Applied English, I-Shou University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Syuecheng Rd., Dashu District, Kaohsiung City, 84001, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Chi Hsien Huang
    Department of Community Healthcare & Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. evaairgigaa@gmail.com.
  • Liang Chih Cheng
    Department of Healthcare Administration, I-Shou University, No.8, Yida Rd., Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City, 82445, Taiwan, ROC.

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