Artificial intelligence and surgical decision-making

TJ Loftus, PJ Tighe, AC Filiberto, PA Efron… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Surgeons make complex, high-stakes decisions under time constraints and
uncertainty, with significant effect on patient outcomes. This review describes the …

Artificial intelligence-enabled decision support in nephrology

TJ Loftus, B Shickel, T Ozrazgat-Baslanti… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Kidney pathophysiology is often complex, nonlinear and heterogeneous, which limits the
utility of hypothetical-deductive reasoning and linear, statistical approaches to diagnosis and …

Understanding medical education

T Swanwick - Understanding Medical Education: Evidence …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Medical education as we know it today spans three sectors: undergraduate, postgraduate,
and the continuing professional development of established clinicians. Medical education is …

Fever in children: pearls and pitfalls

E Barbi, P Marzuillo, E Neri, S Naviglio, BS Krauss - Children, 2017 - mdpi.com
Fever in children is a common concern for parents and one of the most frequent presenting
complaints in emergency department visits, often involving non-pediatric emergency …

Why are congenital heart defects being missed?

AEL van Nisselrooij, AKK Teunissen… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Congenital heart defects (CHD) are still missed frequently in prenatal screening
programs, which can result in severe morbidity or even death. The aim of this study was to …

Understanding the role of GPs' gut feelings in diagnosing cancer in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing evidence

CF Smith, S Drew, S Ziebland, BD Nicholson - British Journal of General …, 2020 - bjgp.org
Background Growing evidence for the role of GPs' gut feelings in cancer diagnosis raises
questions about their origin and role in clinical practice. Aim To explore the origins of GPs' …

The practice guidelines for primary care of acute abdomen 2015

T Mayumi, M Yoshida, S Tazuma… - Journal of General and …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Since acute abdomen requires accurate diagnosis and treatment within a
particular time limit to prevent mortality, the Japanese Society for Abdominal Emergency …

Operationalizing appropriate sepsis definitions in children worldwide: considerations for the Pediatric Sepsis Definition Taskforce

ED Carrol, S Ranjit, K Menon, TD Bennett… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Sepsis is a leading cause of global mortality in children, yet definitions for pediatric sepsis
are outdated and lack global applicability and validity. In adults, the Sepsis-3 Definition …

Rational decision making in medicine: implications for overuse and underuse

B Djulbegovic, S Elqayam… - Journal of evaluation in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of substantial spending and resource utilization, today's health care remains
characterized by poor outcomes, largely due to overuse (overtesting/overtreatment) or …

Appropriateness of clinical severity classification of new WHO childhood pneumonia guidance: a multi-hospital, retrospective, cohort study

A Agweyu, RJ Lilford, M English, G Irimu… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Management of pneumonia in many low-income and middle-income countries
is based on WHO guidelines that classify children according to clinical signs that define …