Explaining anomalous responses to treatment in the Intensive Care Unit

Moss, L. , Sleeman, D., Booth, M., Daniel, M., Donaldson, L., Gilhooly, C., Hughes, M., Sim, M. and Kinsella, J. (2009) Explaining anomalous responses to treatment in the Intensive Care Unit. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5651, pp. 250-254. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-02976-9_36)

Abstract

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) provides treatment to critically ill patients. When a patient does not respond as expected to such treatment it can be challenging for clinicians, especially junior clinicians, as they may not have the relevant experience to understand the patient’s anomalous response. Datasets for 10 patients from Glasgow Royal Infirmary’s ICU have been made available to us. We asked several ICU clinicians to review these datasets and to suggest sequences which include anomalous or unusual reactions to treatment. Further, we then asked two ICU clinicians if they agreed with their colleagues’ assessments, and if they did to provide possible explanations for these anomalous sequences. Subsequently we have developed a system which is able to replicate the clinicians’ explanations based on the knowledge contained in its several ontologies; further the system can suggest additional explanations which will be evaluated by the senior consultant.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sim, Malcolm and Kinsella, Professor John and Moss, Dr Laura and Booth, Dr Malcolm and Gilhooly, Dr Charlotte and Sleeman, Prof Derek and Daniel, Malcolm and Hughes, Dr Martin
• Authors: Moss, L., Sleeman, D., Booth, M., Daniel, M., Donaldson, L., Gilhooly, C., Hughes, M., Sim, M., and Kinsella, J.
• Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General); Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Clinical Specialities
• Journal Name: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN: 0302-9743
• ISSN (Online): 1611-3349
• Published Online: 13 July 2009
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2009 Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• First Published: First published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5651:250-254
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.