BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Mental health disorders pose an increasing public health challenge worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic highlighted gaps in preparedness, emphasizing the need for early identification of at-risk groups and targeted...
Obesity is closely associated with various chronic diseases.Therefore, accurate, reliable and cost-effective methods for preventing its occurrence and progression are required. In this study, we developed a visualized obesity risk prediction system b...
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Sep 27, 2024
BACKGROUND: Acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) is a well-described phenomenon known to begin shortly after injury. This has profound implications for resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock, as ATC is associated with increased risk for massive transfusi...
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in pharmacovigilance. However, the use of artificial intelligence in pharmacovigilance raises ethical concerns related to fairness, non-discrimination, compliance, and responsibility as the central e...
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Sep 27, 2024
OBJECTIVES: Identifying skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients at risk for hospitalization or death is of interest to SNFs, patients, and patients' families because of quality measures, financial penalties, and limited clinical staffing. We aimed to...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Sep 27, 2024
BACKGROUND: In the age of big data, linked social and administrative health data in combination with machine learning (ML) is being increasingly used to improve prediction in chronic disease, e.g., cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In this study we aime...
BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of dengue control interventions depends on an effective integrated surveillance system that involves analysis of multiple variables associated with the natural history and transmission dynamics of this arbovirus. Entomol...
Cervical cancer is a common malignant tumor of the female reproductive system and the leading cause of death among women worldwide. The survival prediction method can be used to effectively analyze the time to event, which is essential in any clinica...
INTRODUCTION: Body mass index (BMI) is inadequately recorded in US administrative claims databases. We aimed to validate the sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV) of BMI-related diagnosis codes using an electronic medical records (EMR) clai...
Despite its critical importance for health, agriculture, and the economy, and its key role in supporting climate change adaptation, groundwater quality remains vulnerable to contamination and is often neglected until significant deterioration. The gr...