INTRODUCTION: Although vitamin D deficiency is increasingly recognized around the world, there are few studies on the Portuguese reality. This study aims to analyse vitamin D levels in the assays performed in our hospital and their relationship with ...
BACKGROUND: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a treatment option for single-compartment knee osteoarthritis. Robotic assistance may improve survival rates of UKA, but the cost-effectiveness of robot-assisted UKA is unknown. The purpose of t...
Technology in cancer research & treatment
Sep 10, 2014
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is widely considered as the treatment of choice for acute cholecystitis. The safety of the procedure and its minimal invasiveness made it a valid treatment option for a patient not responding to antibiotic therapy. Our re...
PURPOSE/AIMS: Despite advances in healthcare, the incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has continued to rise for the past decade. Identifying those patients at risk has proven challenging. Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of...
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) significantly burden global healthcare systems, exacerbated by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Traditional infection control measures often lack consistency due to variable human compliance. This comprehensive revie...
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle
Feb 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Hospital falls are the most prevalent and fatal event in healthcare, posing significant risks to patient health outcomes and institutional care quality. Real-time location system (RTLS) enables continuous tracking of patient location, pro...
Effective evaluation and governance of predictive models used in health care, particularly those driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, are needed to ensure that models are fair, appropriate, valid, effective, and safe, or FAVES...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Aug 22, 2024
Monitoring of artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms is necessary for safe implementation and will be required in upcoming regulations. This study investigates the potential for monitoring of AI in hospitals. First, by reviewing regulatory req...
Zhongguo yi liao qi xie za zhi = Chinese journal of medical instrumentation
Jan 30, 2024
OBJECTIVE: Medical consumables are expensive, with numerous specifications and large usage, and traditional manual management models have certain drawbacks. Building an intelligent logistics management system to improve management level.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Jan 18, 2024
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors influencing implementation of machine learning algorithms (MLAs) that predict clinical deterioration in hospitalized adult patients and relate these to a validated implementation framework.