Mapping physicians' admission diagnoses to structured concepts towards fully automatic calculation of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation score

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CHANDRA S., KASHYAP R., TRILLO-ALVAREZ C. A., TSAPENKO M., Yilmaz M., HANSON A. C., ...More

BMJ OPEN, vol.1, no.2, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 1 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000216
  • Journal Name: BMJ OPEN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) is most widely used as a mortality prediction score in US intensive care units (ICUs), but its calculation is onerous. The authors aimed to develop and validate automatic mapping of physicians' admission diagnoses to structured concepts for automated APACHE IV calculation.