BACKGROUND: The use of Hartmann's procedure in the old and frail and/or in patients with fecal incontinence is increasing, even though some data have reported high postoperative rates of pelvic abscesses. Abdominoperineal excision with intersphincter...
Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
May 25, 2016
BACKGROUND: The development of social assistive robots is an approach with the intention of preventing and detecting falls among seniors. There is a need for a relatively low-cost mobile robot with an arm and a gripper which is small enough to naviga...
Predicting binary events such as newborns with large birthweight is important for obstetricians in their attempt to reduce both maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Such predictions have been a challenge in obstetric practice, where longitudin...
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
Nov 5, 2015
Detection of early symptoms in cervical cancer is crucial for early treatment and survival. To find symptoms of cervical cancer in clinical text, Named Entity Recognition is needed. In this paper the Clinical Entity Finder, a machine-learning tool tr...
International journal of medical informatics
Oct 1, 2025
OBJECTIVE: Half of all adult emergency department (ED) visits with a complaint of dyspnea involve acute heart failure (AHF), exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (eCOPD), or pneumonia, which are often misdiagnosed. We aimed to create...
PURPOSE: Gene expression profiles are used for decision making in the adjuvant setting in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer. While algorithms to optimize testing exist for RS/Oncotype Dx, no such efforts have focused ...
International journal of medical informatics
Jul 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis and treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) induces psychological variables and treatment-related toxicity in patients. The evaluation of outcomes is warranted for effective treatment planning and improved dis...
Studies in health technology and informatics
May 15, 2025
One approach to preventing adverse drug events (ADEs), such as harmful drug interactions, is the implementation of clinical decision support systems (CDSS). In an ongoing project, we are investigating the accuracy of the rule-based CDSS currently uti...
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