International journal of medical informatics
May 22, 2025
OBJECTIVE: Half of all adult emergency department (ED) visits with a complaint of dyspnea involve acute heart failure (AHF), exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD), or pneumonia, which are often misdiagnosed. We aimed to create...
International journal of medical informatics
May 20, 2025
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use remains a significant global health challenge, contributing substantially to preventable morbidity and mortality. Despite established interventions, outcomes vary due to scalability issues, resource constraints, and limited re...
International journal of medical informatics
May 19, 2025
This critical review explores two interrelated trends: the rapid increase in studies on machine learning (ML) applications within health informatics and the growing concerns about the reproducibility of these applications across different healthcare ...
International journal of medical informatics
May 17, 2025
PURPOSE: Machine learning (ML) has gained attention in diabetes management, particularly for predicting and diagnosing diabetic kidney disease (DKD). However, systematic evidence on its performance remains limited. This study evaluates the predictive...
International journal of medical informatics
May 8, 2025
BACKGROUND: Stress-induced hyperglycemia, a pathologically high blood glucose level, is a frequent complication in intensive care units. Blood glucose (BG) level control is crucial but challenging due to patient variability. The Stochastic TARgeted (...
International journal of medical informatics
Apr 25, 2025
AIM: This study aimed to assess the readability, accuracy, appropriateness, and overall quality of responses generated by large language models (LLMs), including ChatGPT-3.5, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini (Version 2.0 Flash), to frequently asked ques...
International journal of medical informatics
Apr 14, 2025
BACKGROUND: Maternal health disparities are recognized as a significant public health challenge, with pronounced disparities evident across racial, socioeconomic, and geographic dimensions. Although healthcare technologies have advanced, these dispar...
International journal of medical informatics
Apr 8, 2025
BACKGROUND: As machine learning models become increasingly prevalent in palliative care, explainability has become a critical factor in their successful deployment in this sensitive field, where decisions can profoundly impact patient health and qual...
International journal of medical informatics
Apr 8, 2025
BACKGROUND: In light of global population aging and the increasing prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) with age, strategies are needed to address this public health challenge. Machine learning (ML) may play a vital role in early identification of...
International journal of medical informatics
Apr 6, 2025
BACKGROUND: Distinguishing between productive (wet) and non-productive (dry) cough types is important for evaluating respiratory health, assisting in differential diagnosis, and monitoring disease progression. However, assessing cough type through th...