Development of a Knowledge Based System for an Intensive Care Environment Using Ontologies

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Ana Torres Morgade ◽  
Marcos Martínez-Romero ◽  
José M. Vázquez-Naya ◽  
Miguel Pereira Loureiro ◽  
Ángel González Albo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Knowledge Based System ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Technological Strategies ◽  
System Knowledge

In intensive care units (ICUs), clinicians must monitor patients’ vital signs and make decisions regarding the drugs they administer. The patients’ lives depend on the quality of these decisions but experts can make mistakes. Recent technological strategies and tools can decrease these errors. In this paper, the authors describe the development of a knowledge based system (KBS) to provide support to clinicians with respect to the drugs they administer to patients with cardiopathies in ICUs to stabilize them. To develop the system, knowledge from medical experts at the Meixoeiro Hospital in Vigo (Spain) has been extracted and formally represented as an ontology. As a result, a validated KBS has been obtained, which can be helpful to experts in ICUs and whose underlying knowledge can be easily shared and reused.

Development of a Knowledge Based System for an Intensive Care Environment Using Ontologies

2013 ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Ana Torres Morgade ◽  
Marcos Martínez-Romero ◽  
José M. Vázquez-Naya ◽  
Miguel Pereira Loureiro ◽  
Ángel González Albo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Knowledge Based System ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Technological Strategies ◽  
System Knowledge

In intensive care units (ICUs), clinicians must monitor patients’ vital signs and make decisions regarding the drugs they administer. The patients’ lives depend on the quality of these decisions but experts can make mistakes. Recent technological strategies and tools can decrease these errors. In this paper, the authors describe the development of a knowledge based system (KBS) to provide support to clinicians with respect to the drugs they administer to patients with cardiopathies in ICUs to stabilize them. To develop the system, knowledge from medical experts at the Meixoeiro Hospital in Vigo (Spain) has been extracted and formally represented as an ontology. As a result, a validated KBS has been obtained, which can be helpful to experts in ICUs and whose underlying knowledge can be easily shared and reused.

Applied Pervasive Patient Timeline in Intensive Care Units

2020 ◽  
pp. 567-579
Author(s):  
André Braga ◽  
Filipe Portela ◽  
Manuel Filipe Santos ◽  
António da Silva Abelha ◽  
José Machado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Daily Activity ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Future Condition

This study has the objective of introducing an innovative way of presenting and representing information concerning patients in Intensive Care Units. Therefore, the Pervasive Patient Timeline, which has the purpose of offering support to intensivists' decision-making process, by providing access to a real-time environment, was developed. The solution is patient-centred as it can be accessed from anywhere, at any time and it contains patients' clinical data since they are admitted to the ICU until their discharge. The environment holds data concerning vital signs, laboratory results, therapeutics, and data mining predictions, which can be analysed to have a better understanding of patients' present and future condition. Due to the nature of the critical care environment, the pervasive aspect is crucial because it allows intensivists make decisions when they have to be made. The Pervasive Patient Timeline is focused on improving the quality of care by helping the intensivists perform better in their daily activity.

Applied Pervasive Patient Timeline in Intensive Care Units

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
André Braga ◽  
Filipe Portela ◽  
Manuel Filipe Santos ◽  
António Abelha ◽  
José Machado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Daily Activity ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Laboratory Results ◽  
Future Condition

This study has the objective of introducing an innovative way of presenting and representing information concerning patients in Intensive Care Units. Therefore, the Pervasive Patient Timeline, which has the purpose of offering support to intensivists' decision-making process, by providing access to a real-time environment, was developed. The solution is patient-centred as it can be accessed from anywhere, at any time and it contains patients' clinical data since they are admitted to the ICU until their discharge. The environment holds data concerning vital signs, laboratory results, therapeutics, and data mining predictions, which can be analysed to have a better understanding of patients' present and future condition. Due to the nature of the critical care environment, the pervasive aspect is crucial because it allows intensivists make decisions when they have to be made. The Pervasive Patient Timeline is focused on improving the quality of care by helping the intensivists perform better in their daily activity.

Barriers to implementing palliative care in intensive care units: perceptions of physicians and nurses in Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-106
Author(s):  
Wejdan A Khater ◽  
Laila M Akhu-Zaheya ◽  
Hadeel W AL-Nabulsi ◽  
Khulood K Shattnawi ◽  
Omar Shamieh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Effective Implementation

Background: Palliative care (PC) aims to relieve a person's suffering and provide the best possible quality of life (QoL) to people with chronic illnesses. Despite the significant impact of PC services on the QoL of patients, barriers exist that prevent healthcare providers from facilitating PC in intensive care units (ICUs). Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived barriers to implementing PC in ICUs. Methods: A qualitative approach was used to conduct 17 semi-structured interviews with clinicians across two ICUs (urban and suburban) in Jordan. Thematic analysis was used for the transcribed interviews. Results: Five main themes emerged: the ICU is a demanding and complex care environment; lack of preparation to implement PC; PC is a nicety, not a necessity; healthcare system-related barriers; and lack of cultural acceptance of PC. Lack of knowledge and training was identified as a major barrier for the effective implementation of PC by both physicians and nurses. Conclusion: Equipping healthcare providers with the knowledge and expertise to provide PC is essential to dispel myths related to PC and facilitate PC provision. Developing an interdisciplinary care team will support the effective implementation of PC services in any setting. Establishing national PC policies will foster the ethical and legal practice of PC in Jordan.

Experience of clinical testing of personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Eryomenko ◽  
N. V. Rostunova ◽  
S. A. Budagyan ◽  
V. V. Stets
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Clinical Testing ◽  
Transportation Of Patients ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Telemedicine System ◽  
Accuracy Of Measurements ◽  
Hospital Equipment

The experience of clinical testing of the personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients at the intensive care units of leading Russian clinics is described. The high quality of communication with the remote receiving devices of doctors, the accuracy of measurements, resistance to interference from various hospital equipment and the absence of its own impact on such equipment were confirmed. There are significant advantages compared to stationary patient monitors, in particular, for intra and out-of-hospital transportation of patients.

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