A Hybrid Hierarchical Decision Support System for Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Patients. Part II: Clinical Implementation and Evaluation

J.J. Ross, Mouloud Denai, M. Mahfouf

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Abstract

Patients emerging from cardiac surgery can display varying degrees of cardiovascular instability arising from potentially complex, multi-factorial and interlinked causes. Stabilization and control of the cardiovascular system are currently managed by healthcare experts using experiential knowledge, and, in some centers, manually inputted decision pathway algorithms. This paper describes a clinical trial undertaken to determine the basic functioning of a clinical decision support system (CDSS) designed and constructed by the authors to facilitate the control of the major cardiovascular components in the early post-operative phase. Part II follows Part I's description of the software and simulation testing of the CDSS, and describes the hardware setup of a patient monitoring and CDSS. The system is evaluated on three post-cardiac surgery intensive care patients whom had all undergone cardio-pulmonary bypass
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-62
Number of pages8
JournalArtificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume45
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2009

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