AIMC Topic: Practice Guidelines as Topic

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Artificial Intelligence for the Determination of a Management Strategy for Diminutive Colorectal Polyps: Hype, Hope, or Help.

The American journal of gastroenterology
Most colorectal polyps are diminutive, and malignant potential for these polyps is uncommon, especially for those in the rectosigmoid. However, many diminutive polyps are still being resected to determine whether these are adenomas or serrated/hyperp...

Anticoagulant treatment in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: a position paper.

Geriatrie et psychologie neuropsychiatrie du vieillissement
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in the elderly. The treatment of this condition is based on anticoagulation to prevent stroke and systemic arterial embolism. Vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) have long been the only anticoagulants available for the man...

Characteristics of knowledge content in a curated online evidence library.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
OBJECTIVE: To describe types of recommendations represented in a curated online evidence library, report on the quality of evidence-based recommendations pertaining to diagnostic imaging exams, and assess underlying knowledge representation.

Chronic Kidney Disease: Detection and Evaluation.

American family physician
Chronic kidney disease affects 47 million people in the United States and is associated with significant health care costs, morbidity, and mortality. Because this disease can silently progress to advanced stages, early detection is critical for initi...

Semi-Automatic Mark-Up and UMLS Annotation of Clinical Guidelines.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Clinical guidelines and clinical pathways are accepted and proven instruments for quality assurance and process optimization in the healthcare domain. To derive clinical pathways from clinical guidelines, the imprecise, non-formalized abstract guidel...

Patient Centered Event Representation for the Treatment of Multifactorial Diseases: Current Progress and Challenges.

Studies in health technology and informatics
Events such as clinical interventions, adverse drug events are one of the basic semantic units in the clinical workflow and are the foundation of the pathway representation. Current research has mainly concentrated on event recognition through concep...

Oncotherapy: A System for Requesting Chemotherapy Protocols.

Studies in health technology and informatics
A clinical decision support system is able to provide oncologists with suitable treatment options at the moment of decision making regarding which chemotherapy protocol is the best to apply to a particular oncological case. The National Cancer Instit...