Predicting the occurrence of surgical site infections using text mining and machine learning.

In this study we propose the use of text mining and machine learning methods to predict and detect Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) using textual descriptions of surgeries and post-operative patients' records, mined from the database of a high complexity University hospital. SSIs are among the m...

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Main Authors: Daniel A da Silva, Carla S Ten Caten, Rodrigo P Dos Santos, Flavio S Fogliatto, Juliana Hsuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226272