Avtor/Urednik     Kircher, Albert; Antonsson, Johan; Babič, Ankica; Casimir-Ahn, Henrik
Naslov     Quantitative data analysis for exploring outcomes in cardiac surgery
Tip     članek
Vir     In: Kokol P, Zupan B, Stare J, et al, editors. Medical informatics Europe '99. Amsterdam: IOS press,
Leto izdaje     1999
Obseg     str. 457-60
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The article focuses on possibilities of statistical knowledge exploration to predict outcomes of surgical treatments. The outcomes were defined in relation to the measured peri- and intraoperative data, as well as follow-up patient questionnaire. Clinical consequences are expected in terms of a smaller data set with a better ability to predict the surgery outcomes and a better cost performance. The important questions that could discriminate quality of life (QoL) were: Relief from surgery?, Has cardiac surgery effected earlier symptoms? Work capacity? Consultations after the surgery? The performed data analysis proved to be efficient in the complex data set that was collected. Pain relief was identified to be significant, while relations between measured blood laboratory profile and later QoL were weak.
Deskriptorji     HEART DISEASES
QUALITY OF LIFE
QUESTIONNAIRES
TREATMENT OUTCOME
ALANINE
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE
CREATINE KINASE