Predicting Postoperative Pain and Opioid Use with Machine Learning Applied to Longitudinal Electronic Health Record and Wearable Data.

Journal: Applied clinical informatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND:  Managing acute postoperative pain and minimizing chronic opioid use are crucial for patient recovery and long-term well-being.

Authors

  • Nidhi Soley
    Institute for Computational Medicine, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
  • Traci J Speed
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
  • Anping Xie
    Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
  • Casey Overby Taylor
    Johns Hopkins Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.