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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
5972
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1975-9-18
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pubmed:abstractText |
A computer-assisted model for diagnosing jaundice has been adapted for use on the University of London C.D.C. 7600 computer via an on-line terminal at King's College Hospital to provide a rapid turn-round time. The model was used prospectively in the diagnosis of 219 patients--135 seen in a specialized liver unit and 84 seen in one of four district hospitals in south-east London--with an overall accuracy in distinguishing among 11 different causes of jaundice of 69% and 62% respectively. These figures rose to 77% and 88% respectively when only those patients in whom the final diagnosis reached a "certain" probability were considered. When used to distinguish between a medical and a surgical cause of jaundice the accuracy was 86% in the liver unit and 77% in the district hospitals, rising to 95% in both series for those with a diagnosis of certain probability. The proposed improvements to the model--namely, the use of two deparate data bases and more diagnoses within the matrix--should be improve the accuracy even further. In practice the rapid feedback to the clinicians looking after patients provided help in managing difficult cases.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
0007-1447
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
21
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pubmed:volume |
2
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
659-62
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-19
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Bile Duct Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Cholelithiasis,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Cholestasis,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Diagnosis, Differential,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Drug-Induced Liver Injury,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Feedback,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Hepatitis,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Hospital Departments,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Jaundice,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Liver Cirrhosis,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Liver Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-London,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Models, Biological,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Neoplasm Metastasis,
pubmed-meshheading:1095115-Probability
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pubmed:year |
1975
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Use of computer program for diagnosing jaundice in district hospitals and specialized liver unit.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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