OBJECTIVE: Prolonged Emergency Department (ED) wait times lead to diminished healthcare quality. Utilizing machine learning (ML) to predict patient wait times could aid in ED operational management. Our aim is to perform a comprehensive analysis of M...
OBJECTIVES: Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT) is a natural language processing product developed by OpenAI. Recently, the use of ChatGPT has gained attention in the field of health care, particularly for its potential applications in ...
INTRODUCTION: Imaging studies in the acute care setting, such as the emergency room, have been increasing. In this report, we use the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS) database to assess trends in ED chest CT and chest CTA imaging in E...
BACKGROUND: In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a severe and sudden medical emergency that is characterized by the abrupt cessation of circulatory function, leading to death or irreversible organ damage if not addressed immediately. Emergency depart...
Radiocontrast media is a major cause of nephrotoxic acute kidney injury(AKI). Contrast-enhanced CT(CE-CT) is commonly performed in emergency departments(ED). Predicting individualized risks of contrast-associated AKI(CA-AKI) in ED patients is challen...
BACKGROUND: Emergency and acute medicine doctors require easily accessible evidence-based information to safely manage a wide range of clinical presentations. The inability to find evidence-based local guidelines on the trust's intranet leads to info...
BACKGROUND: Emergency endotracheal intubation is a critical skill for managing airway emergencies in the emergency department (ED). Accurate prediction of difficult laryngoscopy is essential for improving first-attempt success, minimizing complicatio...
BACKGROUND: Hepatic steatosis is a precursor to more severe liver disease, increasing morbidity and mortality risks. In the Emergency Department, routine abdominal imaging often reveals incidental hepatic steatosis that goes undiagnosed due to the ac...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Feb 17, 2025
BACKGROUND: Identifying key variables is essential for developing clinical outcome prediction models based on high-dimensional electronic medical records (EMR). However, despite the abundance of feature selection (FS) methods available, challenges re...
International journal of medical informatics
Feb 15, 2025
BACKGROUND: Emergency Departments (EDs) are critical in providing immediate care, often under pressure from overcrowding, resource constraints, and variability in patient prioritization. Traditional triage systems, while structured, rely on subjectiv...
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