AIMC Topic: Latin America

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Health-related SDGs in the national science agendas of Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review.

International journal for equity in health
BACKGROUND: The national science and technology agendas (NSTAs) of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are crucial for formulating and implementing public policies by providing a strategic framework that guides state actions and priorities. The obj...

Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: A Private Practice Perspective From a Large Health System in Latin America.

Seminars in roentgenology
In the field of radiology, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing. Even though healthcare facilities are interested in using this technology, having success with an AI project can be challenging. There is a myriad of AI solutions today...

Performance of the Vitek 2 Advanced Expert System (AES) as a Rapid Tool for Reporting Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) in from North and Latin America.

Microbiology spectrum
This study evaluated the performance of the Vitek 2 Advanced Expert System (AES) confidence level report as a rapid tool for reporting antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results for a challenging set of isolates from North and Latin America....

Cardiac Operative Risk in Latin America: A Comparison of Machine Learning Models vs EuroSCORE-II.

The Annals of thoracic surgery
BACKGROUND: Machine learning is a useful tool for predicting medical outcomes. This study aimed to develop a machine learning-based preoperative score to predict cardiac surgical operative mortality.

AIDS causes sharp rise in number of Brazilian orphans.

AIDS weekly plus
An estimated 183,000 Brazilian children are at risk of losing their mothers to AIDS, according to a survey released. The survey, sponsored by UNICEF, was conducted by the John Snow Institute. Survey estimates are that 10,600 Brazilian children younge...