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New, Immunomodulatory, Oral Nutrition Formula for Use Prior to Surgery in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: An Exploratory Study.

JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition Dec 12, 2017
BACKGROUND: The perioperative use of immunomodulatory nutrition formulas in patients with head and neck cancer reduces the number of postoperative infections and the length of hospital stay.
Immunomodulation Enteral Nutrition Humans Preoperative Care Female Length of Stay Male Treatment Outcome Middle Aged Head and Neck Neoplasms Postoperative Complications Single-Blind Method Administration, Oral
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Estimating Local Costs Associated With Clostridium difficile Infection Using Machine Learning and Electronic Medical Records.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology Nov 6, 2017
BACKGROUND Reported per-patient costs of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) vary by 2 orders of magnitude among different hospitals, implying that infection control officers need precise, local analyses to guide rational decision making between in...
Humans Cross Infection Aged, 80 and over Clostridium Infections Propensity Score Clostridioides difficile Health Care Costs Machine Learning Retrospective Studies Electronic Health Records Female Aged Length of Stay Adolescent Logistic Models Tertiary Care Centers New York Young Adult Adult Male Middle Aged
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Chaotic genetic algorithm and Adaboost ensemble metamodeling approach for optimum resource planning in emergency departments.

Artificial intelligence in medicine Oct 18, 2017
Long length of stay and overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs) are two common problems in the healthcare industry. To decrease the average length of stay (ALOS) and tackle overcrowding, numerous resources, including the number of doctors, nurses...
Efficiency, Organizational Nonlinear Dynamics Decision Support Systems, Management Health Services Needs and Demand Patient Admission Length of Stay Humans Patient Care Team Time Factors Neural Networks, Computer Emergency Service, Hospital Needs Assessment Machine Learning Delivery of Health Care, Integrated Workflow Decision Support Techniques Hospitals, Teaching Patient Discharge Computer Simulation
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Evaluation of an automated knowledge-based textual summarization system for longitudinal clinical data, in the intensive care domain.

Artificial intelligence in medicine Sep 27, 2017
OBJECTIVES: To examine the feasibility of the automated creation of meaningful free-text summaries of longitudinal clinical records, using a new general methodology that we had recently developed; and to assess the potential benefits to the clinical ...
Health Status Natural Language Processing Tertiary Care Centers Feasibility Studies Knowledge Bases Critical Care Medical Informatics Automation Patient Discharge Summaries Continuity of Patient Care Retrospective Studies Intensive Care Units Electronic Health Records Length of Stay Time Factors Humans
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Single-incision robotic cholecystectomy is associated with a high rate of trocar-site infection.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Sep 6, 2017
BACKGROUND: Single-incision robotic cholecystectomy has been developed to decrease post-operative pain and improve cosmetic results.
Male Middle Aged Postoperative Complications Length of Stay Treatment Outcome Humans Retrospective Studies Female Aged Adult Surgical Wound Infection Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Postoperative Period Surgical Instruments Cholecystectomy Age Factors Operative Time Robotics Laparoscopy Robotic Surgical Procedures
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Complications and health-related quality of life after robot-assisted versus open radical cystectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of four RCTs.

Systematic reviews Aug 2, 2017
BACKGROUND: Radical cystectomy is associated with high rates of perioperative morbidity. Robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) is widely used today despite limited evidence for clinical superiority. The aim of this review was to evaluate the eff...
Treatment Outcome Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Robotics Humans Cystectomy Postoperative Complications Quality of Life Length of Stay
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Predicting all-cause risk of 30-day hospital readmission using artificial neural networks.

PloS one Jul 14, 2017
Avoidable hospital readmissions not only contribute to the high costs of healthcare in the US, but also have an impact on the quality of care for patients. Large scale adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) has created the opportunity to proacti...
Length of Stay Adolescent Humans Child, Preschool Neural Networks, Computer Aged, 80 and over Area Under Curve Child Databases, Factual Young Adult Patient Readmission ROC Curve Electronic Health Records Adult Infant, Newborn Middle Aged Risk Factors Infant Aged
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Robotic versus thoracoscopic thymectomy: The current evidence.

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS Jun 29, 2017
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyze all relevant comparative studies comparing robot-assisted minimally invasive thymectomy (RATS) and video-assisted thoracic surgery thymectomy (VATS) in terms of surgical and short-term outcomes.
Humans Retrospective Studies Robotic Surgical Procedures Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Video Recording Thoracic Surgical Procedures Sternotomy Lung Neoplasms Thymectomy Hospitalization Treatment Outcome Adult Operative Time Middle Aged Robotics Postoperative Complications Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Length of Stay
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A comparative study of pediatric open pyeloplasty, laparoscopy-assisted extracorporeal pyeloplasty, and robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty.

PloS one Apr 20, 2017
PURPOSE: To compare the outcomes of open pyeloplasty (OP), laparoscopy-assisted extracorporeal (LEXP), and robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty (RALP) for ureteropelvic junction obstruction in pediatric patients.
Robotics Laparoscopy Ureteral Obstruction Urologic Surgical Procedures Humans Length of Stay Child
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Use of a machine learning framework to predict substance use disorder treatment success.

PloS one Apr 10, 2017
There are several methods for building prediction models. The wealth of currently available modeling techniques usually forces the researcher to judge, a priori, what will likely be the best method. Super learning (SL) is a methodology that facilitat...
Length of Stay Adolescent ROC Curve Socioeconomic Factors Treatment Outcome Humans Regression Analysis Substance-Related Disorders Area Under Curve Young Adult Neural Networks, Computer Adult Machine Learning Male Databases, Factual Middle Aged Prognosis Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted Female
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