Predicting urinary tract infections in the emergency department with machine learning.

Predicting urinary tract infections in the emergency department with machine learning.

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common emergency department (ED) diagnosis with reported high diagnostic error rates. Because a urine culture, part of the gold standard for diagnosis of UTI, is usually not available for 24-48 hours after an ED visit, diagnosis and treatment decisions are based on...

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Main Authors: R Andrew Taylor, Christopher L Moore, Kei-Hoi Cheung, Cynthia Brandt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5841824?pdf=render

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