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Using Machine Learning and the Electronic Health Record to Predict Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection
Author(s) -
Benjamin Y. Li,
Jeeheh Oh,
Vincent B. Young,
Krishna Rao,
Jenna Wiens
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz186
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , medicine , electronic health record , c difficile , clostridium , health records , artificial intelligence , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , health care , antibiotics , bacteria , computer science , economics , biology , economic growth , genetics
Using EHR data, we can accurately stratify CDI cases according to their risk of developing complications. Such an approach could be used to guide future clinical studies investigating interventions that could prevent or mitigate complicated CDI.

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