An asthma management framework for the RespDoc clinical decision support system based on the combination of the official clinical guidelines

Author

Rigopoulou, Aikaterini V. ; Anthracopoulos, Michael B. ; Katsardis, Charis V. ; Lymberopoulos, D.K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Patras, Patras, Greece

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper we propose a new framework for the in- and out-hospital homogeneous management of childhood asthma through a combination of official clinical guidelines for asthma management. The main indicator used for the assessment of the child´s asthma is the measurement and interpretation of Fraction of exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO). As a whole, the decision making algorithms that we created are organized as a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS), termed RespDoc. The performance of the RespDoc has been evaluated by means of data acquired from real world medical cases.

Keywords

decision making; decision support systems; hospitals; medical computing; CDSS; FeNO; RespDoc clinical decision support system; asthma management framework; childhood asthma assessment; decision making algorithms; fraction of exhaled nitric oxide; in-out-hospital homogeneous management; official clinical guidelines; Diseases; Guidelines; Medical diagnostic imaging; Monitoring; Pediatrics; Planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chania

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIBE.2013.6701704

Filename

6701704