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CT scanning in blunt chest trauma: validation of decision instruments

Rev. Col. Bras. Cir; 47 (), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to perform an external validation of two clinical decision instruments (DIs) - Chest CT-All and Chest CT-Major - in a cohort of patients with blunt chest trauma undergoing chest CT scanning at a trauma referral center, and determine if these DIs are safe options for selective orderi...

A Fuzzy Approach for Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Classification

Abstract This paper proposes an automatic fuzzy classification system for glycemic index, which indicates the level of Diabetes Mellitus type 2. Diabetes is a chronic disease occurred when there is deficiency in insulin production or in its action, or both, causing complications. Neuro-fuzzy systems and ...

Aproximación al Análisis de Dominio (AD) desde la investigación en Bibliotecología y Ciencia de la Información

E-Cienc. inf; 9 (2), 2019
RESUMEN Este artículo tiene como objetivo presentar un marco teórico que emergió en las últimas décadas en el ámbito de la Ciencia de la Información: el paradigma de Análisis de Dominio (AD), también denominada Teórica Analítica de Dominio, que constituye uno de los sustentos epistémicos adop...

Validación prospectiva multicéntrica del EuroSCORE II en Argentina

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 89 (4), 2019
Resumen Objetivo: Validar, en forma prospectiva y en múltiples centros, la precisión y utilidad clínica del European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II) para predecir la mortalidad operatoria de la cirugía cardíaca en centros de Argentina Método: Entre enero de 2012 y f...

d-GDM: A mobile diagnostic decision support system for gestational diabetes

ABSTRACT Objective The aim of the study is to describe a portable and convenient software to facilitate the diagnostics of gestational (GDM) and pre-gestational diabetes (PGDM). Materials and methods An open source software, d-GDM, was developed in Java. The integrated development environment Android...

The role of a novel decision aid to support informed decision making process in patients with a symptomatic non - lower pole renal stone < 20 mm in diameter: a prospective randomized study

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (5), 2019
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of a novel decision aid (DA) in improving the patients' level of knowledge and decreasing decisional conflicts while deciding for SWL vs. RIRS in case of a symptomatic renal stone <2 cm. Materials and Methods In this prospective randomized study patient...

Embolia pulmonar en el servicio de emergencias: Parte 2

Rev. Hosp. El Cruce; (24), 2019
OBJETIVO: Se describe la segunda parte de la revisión que comprende el pronóstico y el tratamiento actualizado de la embolia pulmonar en el servicio de emergencias. Se trata de describir, desarrollar el pronóstico y el tratamiento actual de la embolia de pulmón. MÉTODO: Revisión de evidencias cient...

Prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus in the first trimester: comparison of maternal fetuin-A, N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and fasting glucose levels

ABSTRACT Objective We investigated the utility of maternal fetuin-A, N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide (pro-ANP), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and fasting glucose levels at 11-14 gestation weeks for predicting pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Subj...

Forecasting the Electricity Consumption in a Higher Education Institution

Braz. arch. biol. technol; 62 (spe), 2019
Abstract The objective of this paper is to present a mathematical representation by Regression Analysis that enables the projection of electricity consumption according to the built area and population in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and to define an Indicator that contemplates the most significan...

Desenvolvimento de um protótipo de web software de apoio ao planejamento da aposentadoria

Objetivo desenvolver um protótipo de web software de apoio ao planejamento da aposentadoria. Método trata-se de uma pesquisa metodológica, aplicada, pautada nos princípios do modelo de prototipação, que seguiu as etapas de comunicação, planejamento, criação do protótipo, testes de funcionam...