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2. Research Paper: The Immune System as a Model for Pattern Recognition and Classification.
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Jerome H. Carter
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- 2000
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3. Researcher Degrees of Freedom and a Lack of Transparency Contribute to Unreliable Results of Nonparametric Statistical Analyses Across SPSS, SAS, Stata, and R
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Bryant M. Stone, Cooper B. Hodges, Hannah M. Lindsey, Jerome H. Carter, and Paula K. Johnson
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Statistical analyses ,Degrees of freedom ,Econometrics ,Nonparametric statistics ,Transparency (behavior) ,Mathematics - Abstract
The replication crisis within the social and behavioral sciences has called into question the consistency of research methodology. A lack of attention to minor details in replication studies may limit researchers’ abilities to reproduce the results. One such overlooked detail is the statistical programs used to analyze the data. In the current investigation, we compared the results of several nonparametric analyses and measures of normality conducted on a large sample of data in SPSS, SAS, Stata, and R with results obtained through hand-calculation using the raw computational formulas. Multiple inconsistencies were found in the results produced between statistical packages due to algorithmic variation, computational error, and lack of clarity and/or specificity in the statistical output generated. We also highlight similar inconsistencies in supplementary analyses conducted on subsets of the data, which reflect realistic sample sizes. These inconsistencies were largely due to algorithmic variations used within packages when the analyses are performed on data from small- or medium-sized samples. We discuss how such inconsistencies may influence the conclusions drawn from the results of statistical analyses depending on the statistical software used, and we urge researchers to analyze their data across multiple packages, report details regarding the statistical procedure used for data analysis and consider these details when conducting direct replications studies.
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- 2020
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4. POSTER SESSIONS SCHEDULE
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C Hinkin, M Cuevas, A Rauscher, W Kim, T Fogel, G Walls, M Heran, L Drag, S Akeson, K An, Mark T. Barisa, J Cantor, R Pella, C Ward, D Terry, E Parke, I Grant, K Blackstone, David B. Salisbury, P Davidson, G McDonald, C Strongin, Sudhin A. Shah, R Kim, A Miele, K Carlson, N Cadavid, J Donders, S Mahal, T Feaster, K Griffits, J Mayfield, T Brand, A Vernon, Scott R. Miller, C Price, C Vickery, L Carrion, J Beaute, L Weigand, G Crucian, A Tan, M Shuman, Talin Babikian, T Van Vleet, D La, I Thiruselvam, N Nemanim, L Baum, L Loneman, A Schmitt, R Hoadley, J Keller, J Kim, Bonnie M. Scott, M Edwards, M Rohling, B Palmer, G Godoy-Garcete, Ana Rosario, M Taylor, S Letendre, I Sanchez, A Harmell, David L. McArthur, S Greco, M O'Neil, H Yoshida, Jerome H. Carter, Marie N. Dahdah, E Jeffay, L McCutcheon, E Stambrook, A Rach, A Minassian, S Vinogradov, R Akarakian, S Khen, D Schiehser, M Young-Bernier, B Roberg, P Marchetti, L Kenworthy, P Ross, N Didehbani, M Lally, T Brickell, G Vasilev, D Kansagara, Glen A. Palmer, Amanda R. Rabinowitz, A Bedard, Desiree Byrd, K daCruz, A Torstrick, T Nguyen, M Solomon, E Hanson, S Turecka, J Moskowitz, Catherine Stasio, J Kenton, E Call, J McLeod, H Rossetti, Paula I. Martin, J Wasisco, C Depp, Sunni A. Barnes, R Lange, T Lotze, S Erikson, Samantha E. John, K Gulliver, Daniel N. Allen, M Schoenberg, M Joan, S Hass, D Munic-Miller, N Grant, M Weiner, S. DeBoard Marion, C Waksmunski, H Muetze, K Brady, P Roskos, Cynthia Dunklin, N Puente, K Russler, M Salzberg, I Neeland, J McKeever, A Fonteh, J Peer, M Choe, K Russ, C Marini, E Hui, C Kimmel, N Kecala, L. Schwent Shultz, Shelley Peery, R Gonzalez, C Spickler, E Lanni, L Flaro, E Talbot, E Giese, A Davis, Sam Vogel, D Hachey, W Mittenberg, Kenneth L. Jones, S Mahdavi, V. Alipio Jocson, M Marquine, B Ivins, S Paisley, E Weber, G Silk-Eglit, R Singer, K Barnes, A Ghias, J Sordahl, M Spiers, J Anderson, C Mathiowetz, S Fritz, R Fazio, E Miles-Mason, M Glusman, Octavio A. Santos, Jessica A. Kaczorowski, T Dugbartey, K Burns, A Gottuso, Nicholas J. Pastorek, Shahid Shafi, Librada Callender, R Dean, M Thomas, S Schleicher-Dilks, C Bermudez, J Muir, E Van Ness, R Odom, R Dye, F van der Fluit, C Lindbergh, J Grups, Monica U. Ellis, M Coe, M Schmitter-Edgecombe, S Lanting, Rosemary Dubiel, Katherine W Sullivan, A Bonner-Jackson, A Lyon, Daniel J. Schwartz, M Pachalska, S Hibyan, J Long, S Watson, N Nardi, L Pinto, Claudia Kernan, F Thomas, J Messerly, B Walsh, A Daros, S Margolis, M Cullum, B Rainwater, K Baerresen, M Steenari, M Vertinski, P Klas, A Harrison, J Stewart, R Carrasco, D Storzbach, E VonDran, K Carter, M Baldassarre, R Fares, A Freeman, J Barnett, Maggie C. Happe, M Harrington, D D'Argenio, J Piehl, Jacob Sheynin, C Young, A Anum, W Garmoe, T Barker, O Selnes, C Lobue, J Gray, A Rossi, B Stephens, M Jarrett, G Gilbert, A Graefe, J Gfeller, M Murphy, R Perna, B Gouaux, C Leibson, M Heinly, A Allart, Joshua Harrison, M Dudley, B Henry, S O'Bryan, D Miller, J Kennedy, B Edner, M Curri, F Tremblay, T Becker, J Neff, K Gillis, M Poon, C Ukpabi, J Hall, Victoria C. Merritt, D Nemeth, K Tyson, L Glukhovsky, P Vik, Karen K. Miller, R Schroeder, Christopher C. Giza, Benjamin Jurek, M Dawson, T Susmaras, K Rajendran, T Swirsky-Sacchetti, Joseph DeGutis, K Isham, P Massman, M Collier, L Klimik, D Moore, C Baum, J DiGangi, J Francis, B Baughman, A Patel, D Zink, V Carrión, Claire D. Coles, Sarah N. Mattson, A Reveles, T Novakovic-Agopian, D Drasnin, G Sutton, K Jacquin, J Tsou, John D. Medaglia, C Kane, A Starza-Smith, G Lafleche, M Bidzan, J Stenclik, C Smith, J Spat, G Mucci, M Legarreta, Frank G. Hillary, A Mouanoutoua, I Armstrong, C Isaacs, K Beene, C Songy, A Steed, R McCaffrey, J Loftis, A Levan, J Marcinak, Lisa Delano-Wood, C Draffkorn, A Harley, J Shewchuk, J Lynch, P Lebby, Preeti Sunderaraman, R Verbiest, E Stranks, B Hill, A Zisk, L Bolshin, P Stolberg, J Zamzow, V Culotta, J Gross, J Davis, M Fisher, S Mohammed, D Rosario, L Baade, J Fischer, M Muniz, M Kaminetskaya, W Gomes, J Park, K Netson, M Fanning, G Wallace, Nicholas S. Thaler, C Ayers, R Ellis, J Gonzalez, L Zhao, J Thelen, J Kiefel, J Halperin, J Uderman, R Stephan, L Sweet, K Whithers, F Fonseca, A Fedio, D Cooper, Jessica E. Meyer, J Capps, G Getz, M Palewjala, E Rinehardt, A Fernandez, S Tanner, J Ang, Audrey M. Carson, W Finch, S Evans, Gray Vargas, Ellen B. Braaten, J Murry, B Klein-Tasman, M Adler, E Culnan, G Richardson, A Dominska, T Olivier, A Dedmon, E Lane, C Prince, A Mannarino, B Casto, J Calloway, J Mackillop, C Garrett, John F. Linck, A Parks, S Sorg, W Andrew, G Fong, W Gouvier, L Lacritz, Jennifer Romesser, G Small, L Lashley, James B. Hoelzle, Predict-Hd Investigators, M Sakamoto, A Hart, F Dadis, D Pina, J Paulsen, N Stricker, G Iverson, R Macher, A Stringer, C Saucier, J Gallegos, P Andrews, A Chappell, D Jeste, K Mulligan, Pouneh K. Fazeli, D Harrison, R Romero, D Maricle, Joshua D. Miller, S Patel, Jeffrey M. Robbins, S Mansinghani, W Hoffman, K Espinoza, R Roberts, N Londono, M Douangratdy, K Kelley, O Alhassoon, A Quinones, J Taylor, E Ringdahl, A Ness, N DeFilippis, K Marshall, S Jaehnert, R Vergara, P Harvey, J Iudicello, C Ellis, S Tun, Thomas D. Parsons, Amanda E. Hahn-Ketter, C McAlister, T Patterson, R Gomez, K Kloezeman, J Wingo, C Barrio, Michael B. Reid, M Vasserman, Jacob Cohen, C Golden, C Ciobanu, F Carla, D Dinishak, Louis M. French, E Scharaga, Kirsten A. Schohl, A Newman, A Gold, J Bunting, A Puente, R Heaton, A Boettcher, D Wolff, R Baek, T Giovannetti, B Hummer, A Loughan, Ryan J. McKindles, M Bunner, M Kral, W Cole, C Love, E Corley, A Zomet, F Loya, K Young, P May, K Constantine, A Duhig, V Pankratz, J Tam, Maria T. Schultheis, A Junod, K Wyman-Chick, A Houshyarnejad, A Kent, J Wall, D Gansler, M Bens, M Jerram, C Dombrowski, J Segovia, J Hoblyn, M Geyer, N Pliskin, J Strang, B Fuller, J Kloss, J Paxton, J Chow, L Guatney, K Smith, F Foley, Elizabeth R. Sowell, L Brenner, M Rivera Mindt, A Levine, C Irwin, S Rome, J Neiman-Kimel, L Segalà, G Saini, Scott A. Loe, P Vekaria, H Woolery, M Francis, S Newton, Daniel J. Heyanka, J Link, Stephen G. West, T Ala, W Burns, H Pedersen, M Norman, L Delgaty, C Mihailescu, S Cowad, T Melville, Leila Glass, Nathan D. Doty, E Simco, A Holland, R Robbs, Warren T. Jones, S Banks, X Bonilla, R McCue, C Ramirez, M Phoong, N Upshaw, H England, S Woods, K Whigham, L Miller, J Etherton, S Rolin, Sawsan Dabit, S Kohlrus, S Thomlinson, Ryan Olmstead, A Chen, S Mahmoud, S Mauro, B Greenberg, B Lukaszewska, C Brown, R Moore, B Freer, W MacAllister, S Schaffer, R Fontanetta, J Vassileva, J Fine, Amy Wilson, C O'Shea, L Barker, Joseph J. Graca, Anthony C. Ruocco, E Schulze, Brian I. Miller, A Kaup, K Julie, A Nolty, P Siddarth, Jeffrey S. Karst, B Rabinovitz, S Yudovin, C Faraco, M Raymond, Anita H. Sim, I Kunkes, J Kamm, K Zakzanis, R Petersen, A Rudd-Barnard, N Fritz, A Bozorg, R Wellington, R Naslednikova, R Nogin, J Moses, L Tiersky, T Lee, L Cooper, M Smith, A Papadakis, L Hoskins, L Ashendorf, Caitlin Miranda, J Sexton, S Barney, M Le, M Putnam, Lillie Weiss, D Baldock, D Grimm, H Westervelt, M Mattingly, Yelena Bogdanova, C Hopewell, J Kahne, C Moore, B Mausbach, Robert F. Asarnow, Peter A. Arnett, Michael M. Merzenich, R Remel, S Coad, J Hertza, C Romers, L Harrison, M Daniel, J Clark, A Rowden, B Bristow-Murray, A Reyes, C Noggle, D Yeh, Bridget K. Dolan, Keith D. Cicerone, G Goodman, D Haberman, Mary K. Colvin, M Noback, Hasan Ayaz, B Natalie, M Cohen, Mary F. Musso, G Abrams, Seth A. Gale, J McGinley, E Bene, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, S Benbadis, S Northington, S O'Neill, R Ruchinskas, M Hall, B Saffer, L Miarmi, F Webbe, Dobrivoje S. Stokic, C Bowie, B Duda, J Bravo, S Taylor, L Wilson, Henry W. Mahncke, R Scott, Ashita S. Gurnani, K Eichstaedt, H Soper, A Andrews, B Evans, J Bailie, R Poulin, K Evankovich, R Relova, A Gremillion, S Hunter, B Lee, M Beier, Edward P. Riley, S Edmed, M Wills, Sarah M. Kark, E Quasney, K Barrera, Yelena Goldin, Kimberley R. Monden, A Barker, V Sterk, J Fink, J Ikanga, Will Lindstrom, B Hunter, D Denney, S Huberman, C Williams, T Otero, K Spengler, A Pulver, Kathryn L Schmidt, J Meyers, E Gutierrez, V Wheaton, K Downing, A Bhagwat, Stephen A. Olson, E Lande, R Lee, F Vale, F Barwick, Mirella Díaz-Santos, C Mosti, Daniel S. Brown, M Benners, L Horne-Moyer, K Johnson, V Vargas, P Sylvester, E Shapiro, Sarah DeBoard Marion, J Poole, E Strongin, K Fields, M Basso, R Lawson, D Brinckman, E Morgan, A Simone, I Raynov, A Matevosyan, J Emerson, M Motu'apuaka, S Heverly-Fitt, Alexandra L. Clark, E March, B Roper, N Dezhkam, N Dasher, V Patt, Sheryl Stevens, A Choi, S Sautter, A Van Hecke, J. Travis Seidl, T Raines, W Perry, L Moss, M Macaluso, G Carlin, S Sisk, B Bowman, John Hart, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Michael D. Ensley, B Schilling, L Ercoli, M Zupanc, V D'Orio, A Bure-Reyes, L Rabin, J Nunan-Saah, N Rodgers-Neame, Jared M. Bruce, E Crouse, C Boys, H Kletter, T Lo, Brandon E. Gavett, A Sherzai, N Bott, K Walker, J Brubacher, Tanya M. Brown, F Ahmed, Dede M. Ukueberuwa, L Etcoff, K Chu, B Schweinsburg, Y Demsky, K Vitelli, M Huckans, L Nakhutina, A Ghelani, C Higginson, R Zec, A Curiel, David C. Osmon, S Crowe, K Phelps, O Prokhorenko, M Koehle, C Morse, Alice Cronin-Golomb, E Batchelor, J Lum, G Brown, L Silva, M Freeman, C Babika, Janine M. Paxson, P Pimental, W Buddin, J Baker, J Kline, F Hays, M Pollock, M Oganes, Armando Fuentes, M Ring, B Thieme, A Psihogios, A Zimmer, J Thompson, Hannah M. Lindsey, O Graham, Christina L. Casnar, M Arce Rentería, A Rooney, K Bozgunov, M Welch, M Lipowska, M Earleywine, S Lewis, T Floyd, A Tanguay, Yongming Li, C Tai, N Fromm, N Luc, K Barchard, K Musielak, Amir Poreh, R Heinrichs, C Boyd, K Schwab, A Lynch, R Wanlass, K Janke, S Bullard, S Hughes, K Hanson, C Holder, A Legenkaya, J Siegel, S Gold, C Evans, F Hill, Caryn R. Harper, D Binder, S Gill, M Bruhns, E Singer, Sidney O'Bryant, and J Atkinson
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Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Schedule ,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Operations management ,General Medicine ,business - Published
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Warren T. Jones and Jerome H. Carter
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Decision support system ,Engineering ,Process management ,business.industry ,Process (engineering) ,Computer data storage ,Systems engineering ,Information system ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Managed care ,User interface ,business ,Requirements analysis - Abstract
Next-generation informationsystems for managed care environments must meet new standardsin the following areas: user interface, external interfaces,data storage and retrieval, and data analysis. Further, the requirementsthat will serve as the blue print for their construction mustbe grounded in new ways of looking at the process of patientcare.
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6. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SEARCHING MEDLINE TO ANSWER CLINICAL QUESTIONS Finding the Right Number of Articles
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Jerome H. Carter, Norman W. Weissman, Jeroan J. Allison, Robert M. Centor, and Catarina I. Kiefe
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Information retrieval ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,MEDLINE ,Medicine ,Subject (documents) ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,Evidence-based medicine ,Scientific literature ,business ,Precision and recall ,Health informatics ,Task (project management) - Abstract
The current medical environment makes information retrieval a matter of practical importance for clinicians. Many avenues present themselves to the clinician, but here we focus on MEDLINE by summarizing the current state of the art and providing an innovative approach for skill enhancement. Because new search engines appear rapidly, we focus on generic principles that can be easily adapted to various systems, even those not yet available. We propose an idealized classification system for the results of a MEDLINE search. Type A searches produce a few articles of high quality that are directly focused on the immediate question. Type B searches yield a large number of articles, some more relevant than others. Type C searches produce few or no articles, and those that are located are not germane. Providing that relevant, high-quality articles do exist, type B and C searches may often be improved with attention to search technique. Problems stem from poor recall and poor precision. The most daunting task lies in achieving the balance between too few and too many articles. By providing a theoretical framework and several practical examples, we prepare the searcher to overcome the following barriers: a) failure to begin with a well-built question; b) failure to use the Medical Subject Headings; c) failure to leverage the relationship between recall and precision; and d) failure to apply proper limits to the search. Thought and practice will increase the utility and enjoyment of searching MEDLINE.
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- 1999
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7. Distribution of health care expenditures for HIV-infected patients
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Michael J. Mugavero, James L. Raper, Andrew O. Westfall, Neil A. Accortt, Michael S. Saag, Maria Pisu, Stephanie A. Call, Jeroan J. Allison, Jerome H. Carter, Beth K. Stone, Ray Y. Chen, and Gretchen A. Cloud
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Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,HIV Infections ,Disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Health care ,medicine ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,Sida ,Aged ,biology ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,Viral Load ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,CD4 Lymphocyte Count ,Infectious Diseases ,Emergency medicine ,Current Procedural Terminology ,Female ,Viral disease ,Health Expenditures ,business ,Viral load - Abstract
Health care expenditures for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United State determined on the basis of actual health care use have not been reported in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.Patients receiving primary care at the University of Alabama at Birmingham HIV clinic were included in the study. All encounters (except emergency room visits) that occurred within the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital System from 1 March 2000 to 1 March 2001 were analyzed. Medication expenditures were determined on the basis of 2001 average wholesale price. Hospitalization expenditures were determined on the basis of 2001 Medicare diagnostic related group reimbursement rates. Clinic expenditures were determined on the basis of 2001 Medicare current procedural terminology reimbursement rates.Among the 635 patients, total annual expenditures for patients with CD4+ cell counts50 cells/microL (36,533 dollars per patient) were 2.6-times greater than total annual expenditures for patients with CD4+ cell countsor =350 cells/microL (13,885 dollars per patient), primarily because of increased expenditures for nonantiretroviral medication and hospitalization. Expenditures for highly active antiretroviral therapy were relatively constant at approximately 10,500 dollars per patient per year across CD4+ cell count strata. Outpatient expenditures were 1558 dollars per patient per year; however, the clinic and physician component of these expenditures represented only 359 dollars per patient per year, or 2% of annual expenses. Health care expenditures for patients with HIV infection increased substantially for those with more-advanced disease and were driven predominantly by medication costs (which accounted for 71%-84% of annual expenses).Physician reimbursements, even with 100% billing and collections, are inadequate to support the activities of most clinics providing HIV care. These findings have important implications for the continued support of HIV treatment programs in the United States.
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- 2005
8. Duration of highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens
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Michael J. Mugavero, Michael S. Saag, Andrew O. Westfall, Ashlee Chatham, Kelly H. Taylor, Jerome H. Carter, Gretchen A. Cloud, Ray Y. Chen, Edward P. Acosta, and James L. Raper
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Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Opportunistic infection ,HIV Infections ,Opportunistic Infections ,Drug Administration Schedule ,Cohort Studies ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Internal medicine ,Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ,Outpatients ,medicine ,Outpatient clinic ,Humans ,Longitudinal Studies ,Prospective Studies ,Prospective cohort study ,Substance Abuse, Intravenous ,Survival analysis ,Aged ,business.industry ,HIV ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Regimen ,Infectious Diseases ,Withholding Treatment ,Ambulatory ,Female ,business ,Cohort study - Abstract
The median duration of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens was reported to be 11.8 months in one US study, but that study included both treatment-experienced and treatment-naive patients. The duration of initial HAART regimens for treatment-naive patients alone has not been reported. We selected 405 antiretroviral-naive patients who were seen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham HIV Outpatient Clinic from 1 January 1996 through 9 October 2001, and we assessed the duration of initial and successive HAART regimens in this group. Any antiretroviral medication change, excluding dosage changes, that lasted >or=14 days was considered to indicate the start of a new regimen. The median duration of regimens was determined by Kaplan-Meier analysis, and proportional hazards regression was used to identify factors associated with shorter duration of initial regimen. The median duration of initial regimens was 1.6 years, and medication toxicity-associated events were the cause of one-half of discontinuations. Only a history of opportunistic infection and injection drug use were significantly associated with shorter regimen duration.
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9. Design and Implementation Issues
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Jerome H. Carter
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Medical education ,Engineering ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Prescription writing ,computer.software_genre ,Clinical decision support system ,Field (computer science) ,Expert system ,Test (assessment) ,Optimism ,Knowledge base ,Key (cryptography) ,Operations management ,business ,computer ,media_common - Abstract
The early 1970s were a time of great optimism for researchers in the field of medical artificial intelligence. The initial successes of systems such as MYCIN,1 CASNET,2 and the Leeds abdominal pain system3 made it reasonable to assume that it was only a matter of time until computers became a standard part of physicians’ diagnostic armamentarium. Over the past few years, the emphasis in clinical decision support has shifted from its initial narrow focus on diagnostic expert systems to a much broader range of applications. Increasingly, clinicians have access to alerts, reminders, and patient-specific advice for such common tasks as prescription writing and test ordering.4,5,6,7 Despite these gains, CDSS are not yet common in patient care settings.8 This chapter will examine the key design and implementation concerns that must be addressed if these systems are to realize their full potential.
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- 1999
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10. Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions for the Treatment of Post-Brachial Plexus Avulsion Injury Pain
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Jerome H. Carter, B. S. Nashold, and Allan H. Friedman
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Dorsum ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Deep brain stimulation ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Pain relief ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Brachial plexus avulsion ,Brachial plexus injury ,Concomitant ,medicine ,Intractable pain ,business ,Brachial plexus - Abstract
The pain which occurs concomitant to a brachial plexus avulsion injury has proven to be recalcitrant to most conventional forms of therapy. In 1976, Nashold et al. proposed destruction of the substantia gelatinosa as possible therapy for this type of pain [6]. It soon became obvious that in practice these surgical lesions destroy not only the substantia gelatinosa but also the dorsal horn, Lissauer’s tract, and the adjacent portion of the posterior and lateral funiculi, and thus were termed dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesions. Early reports of this form of therapy with short follow-up periods were encouraging [5], but we know from our experience with other neuroablative procedures such as percutaneous cordotomy and trigeminal rhizotomy that immediate pain relief does not necessarily portend long-term relief of pain. In order to assess the long-term efficacy of DREZ lesions, we undertook this retrospective analysis of 56 patients who had undergone DREZ lesions for the treatment of intractable pain secondary to a brachial plexus avulsion.
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