AIMC Topic: Severity of Illness Index

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Disease Staging and Prognosis in Smokers Using Deep Learning in Chest Computed Tomography.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Jan 15, 2018
RATIONALE: Deep learning is a powerful tool that may allow for improved outcome prediction.
Databases, Factual Prognosis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Female Aged Survival Rate Humans Deep Learning Logistic Models Respiratory Distress Syndrome Predictive Value of Tests Smoking Respiratory Function Tests Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Male Middle Aged Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index
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Diabetic macular edema grading in retinal images using vector quantization and semi-supervised learning.

Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine Jan 1, 2018
BACKGROUND: Diabetic macular edema (DME) is one of the severe complication of diabetic retinopathy causing severe vision loss and leads to blindness in severe cases if left untreated.
Supervised Machine Learning Macular Edema Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Exudates and Transudates Humans Diabetic Retinopathy Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index
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Discovering Pediatric Asthma Phenotypes on the Basis of Response to Controller Medication Using Machine Learning.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society Jan 1, 2018
RATIONALE: Pediatric asthma has variable underlying inflammation and symptom control. Approaches to addressing this heterogeneity, such as clustering methods to find phenotypes and predict outcomes, have been investigated. However, clustering based o...
Eosinophils Models, Biological Anti-Asthmatic Agents Bronchodilator Agents Machine Learning Humans Algorithms Asthma Phenotype Male Precision Medicine Severity of Illness Index Female Child Treatment Outcome Pediatric Obesity
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Procalcitonin in inflammatory bowel disease: Drawbacks and opportunities.

World journal of gastroenterology Dec 21, 2017
The measurement of procalcitonin has recently become a mainstay for the diagnosis and therapeutic management of severe bacterial infections, especially those sustained by Gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide a narr...
Gastrointestinal Tract Protein Precursors Clostridioides difficile Calcitonin Humans Biomarkers Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Severity of Illness Index Bacterial Infections
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Validation of Neutrophil CD64 Blood Biomarkers to Detect Mucosal Inflammation in Pediatric Crohn's Disease.

Inflammatory bowel diseases Dec 19, 2017
BACKGROUND: In a pilot study, neutrophil CD64 surface expression was significantly elevated in newly diagnosed, pediatric-onset Crohn's disease. We aimed to test the CD64 biomarkers (neutrophil CD64 surface expression and soluble CD64) as determinate...
Receptors, IgG Child Inflammation Neutrophils Intestinal Mucosa Crohn Disease Biomarkers Female Young Adult Adult Male Severity of Illness Index Case-Control Studies Pilot Projects Adolescent Cohort Studies Child, Preschool Humans
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Chronic Kidney Disease: Detection and Evaluation.

American family physician Dec 15, 2017
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...
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Adult Glomerular Filtration Rate Male Creatinine Humans Risk Assessment Referral and Consultation Biomarkers Disease Progression Practice Guidelines as Topic Prognosis Severity of Illness Index Female Risk Factors
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Percutaneous kyphoplasty versus posterior spinal fixation with vertebroplasty for treatment of Kümmell disease: A case-control study with minimal 2-year follow-up.

Medicine Dec 1, 2017
This is a retrospective case-control study.The aim of this study was to compare the surgical results of percutaneous kyphoplasty (KP) and posterior spinal fixation with vertebroplasty (PSF+VP) for treatment of Kümmell disease (KD).KD is rare form of ...
Case-Control Studies Kyphoplasty Operative Time Time Factors Adult Spinal Diseases Humans Treatment Outcome Databases, Factual Pain Measurement Male Follow-Up Studies Retrospective Studies Middle Aged Osteonecrosis Blood Loss, Surgical Tomography, X-Ray Computed Postoperative Complications Chi-Square Distribution Female Severity of Illness Index Vertebroplasty Aged
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NT-proBNP test with improved accuracy for the diagnosis of chronic heart failure.

Medicine Dec 1, 2017
The circulating concentration of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been shown to be a diagnostic tool for the detection of heart failure. Several factors influence NT-proBNP levels including age, sex, and body mass index (BMI)....
Age Factors Chronic Disease Area Under Curve Peptide Fragments Heart Failure Sex Factors Diagnostic Tests, Routine Natriuretic Peptide, Brain Echocardiography, Doppler Middle Aged Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index China ROC Curve Humans Female Databases, Factual Aged Biomarkers Aged, 80 and over Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Male
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The dose-response association between estimated glomerular filtration rate and prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from rural areas of China's Liaoning province.

Medicine Dec 1, 2017
We aimed to investigate the dose-response associations between chronic kidney disease (CKD), and short and long-term cardiovascular outcomes, to characterize these associations by drawing dose-response curves based on a Chinese rural ST-segment eleva...
Humans Biomarkers Hospital Mortality Logistic Models Membrane Proteins Rural Population Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Male Prognosis Glomerular Filtration Rate Cardiovascular Diseases Female Middle Aged Age Factors Aged Comorbidity ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Aged, 80 and over Severity of Illness Index Hyperlipidemias Adult China Drosophila Proteins Proportional Hazards Models
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Comparison of two indices to annotate complications after radical nephroureterectomy.

The Canadian journal of urology Dec 1, 2017
INTRODUCTION: The Clavien-Dindo (CD) and Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI) are two grading systems that annotate adverse events following surgical procedures. We compare these two classification systems in a cohort of patients undergoing radical...
Humans Retrospective Studies Female Aged Severity of Illness Index Length of Stay Glomerular Filtration Rate Lymph Node Excision Kidney Neoplasms Nephroureterectomy Aged, 80 and over Adult Male Middle Aged Postoperative Complications Ureteral Neoplasms
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