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Fuzzy Logic to Determine the Likelihood of Survival for Trauma Injury Patients.

A system to determine the likelihood of survival for trauma injury patients is being developed. It uses a fuzzy logic approach that can model complex processes without reliance on sophisticated mathematical formulations and may have the potential to be more accurate than the existing approaches. The outline operation of the system that is currently in a prototype stage is described.

Extracting Sexual Trauma Mentions from Electronic Medical Notes Using Natural Language Processing.

Patient history of sexual trauma is of clinical relevance to healthcare providers as survivors face adverse health-related outcomes. This paper describes a method for identifying mentions of sexual trauma within the free text of electronic medical notes. A natural language processing pipeline for information extraction was developed and scaled to handle a large corpus of electronic medical notes u...

Cell Free DNA and Procalcitonin as Early Markers of Complications in ICU Patients with Multiple Trauma and Major Surgery.

BACKGROUND: Cell free DNA (cfDNA) was recently suggested as a new marker of sepsis and poor outcome in ICU patients. Procalcitonin has also been the f...

Machine learning and new vital signs monitoring in civilian en route care: A systematic review of the literature and future implications for the military.

BACKGROUND: Although air transport medical services are today an integral part of trauma systems in most developed countries, to date, there are no re...

Robot-assisted retinal vein cannulation with force-based puncture detection: Micron vs. the steady-hand eye robot.

Retinal vein cannulation is a demanding procedure where therapeutic agents are injected into occluded retina veins. The feasibility of this treatment ...

Discussion on robot-assisted laparoscopic cystectomy and Ileal neobladder surgery preoperative care.

To investigate the clinical applications of robot-assisted radical cystectomy with orthotopic ileal neobladder (RARC-INB) and make a preliminary summa...

Haptic Neurorehabilitation and Virtual Reality for Upper Limb Paralysis: A Review.

Motor and sensory loss or dysfunction affects the quality of life for thousands of individuals daily. The upper limb, and especially the hand, are imp...

[The application of a small incision combined with improved percutaneous tracheostomy in difficult tracheostomy].

OBJECTIVE: To describe an improved percutaneous tracheostomy combined with conventional tracheostomy technique with result of less trauma and fewer co...

Blood pressure and heart rate from the arterial blood pressure waveform can reliably estimate cardiac output in a conscious sheep model of multiple hemorrhages and resuscitation using computer machine learning approaches.

BACKGROUND: This study was a first step to facilitate the development of automated decision support systems using cardiac output (CO) for combat casua...

Robotic surgery in trauma and orthopaedics: a systematic review.

The use of robots in orthopaedic surgery is an emerging field that is gaining momentum. It has the potential for significant improvements in surgical ...

Past, Present, and Future of Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery.

Laparoscopic surgery has generated a revolution in operative medicine during the past few decades. Although strongly criticized during its early years...

Effect of hyaluronic acid on chondrocyte apoptosis.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the percentage of apoptotic cells in a contusion model of osteoarthritis (OA) and to assess whether intra-articular injection ...