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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Knowledge-Based Query Construction Using the CDSS Knowledge Base for Efficient Evidence Retrieval.

Muhammad Afzal, Maqbool Hussain, Taqdir Ali, Jamil Hussain, Wajahat Ali Khan, Sungyoung Lee, Byeong Ho Kang

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Muhammad AfzalDepartment of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, Korea. muhammad.afzal@oslab.khu.ac.kr.
Maqbool HussainDepartment of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, Korea. maqbool.hussain@oslab.khu.ac.kr.
Taqdir AliDepartment of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, Korea. taqdir.ali@oslab.khu.ac.kr.
Jamil HussainDepartment of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, Korea. jamil@oslab.khu.ac.kr.
Wajahat Ali KhanDepartment of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, Korea. wajahat.alikhan@oslab.khu.ac.kr.
Sungyoung LeeDepartment of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, Korea. sylee@oslab.khu.ac.kr.
Byeong Ho KangDepartment of Computing and Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Hobart 7001, Australia. byeong.kang@utas.adu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Finding appropriate evidence to support clinical practices is always challenging, and the construction of a query to retrieve such evidence is a fundamental step. Typically, evidence is found using manual or semi-automatic methods, which are time-consuming and sometimes make it difficult to construct knowledge-based complex queries. To overcome the difficulty in constructing knowledge-based complex queries, we utilized the knowledge base (KB) of the clinical decision support system (CDSS), which has the potential to provide sufficient contextual information. To automatically construct knowledge-based complex queries, we designed methods to parse rule structure in KB of CDSS in order to determine an executable path and extract the terms by parsing the control structures and logic connectives used in the logic. The automatically constructed knowledge-based complex queries were executed on the PubMed search service to evaluate the results on the reduction of retrieved citations with high relevance. The average number of citations was reduced from 56,249 citations to 330 citations with the knowledge-based query construction approach, and relevance increased from 1 term to 6 terms on average. The ability to automatically retrieve relevant evidence maximizes efficiency for clinicians in terms of time, based on feedback collected from clinicians. This approach is generally useful in evidence-based medicine, especially in ambient assisted living environments where automation is highly important.

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Decision Support Systems, ClinicalElectronic Health RecordsKnowledge BasesSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceAssisted Living FacilitiesChronic DiseaseHome Care ServicesHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalMEDLINENeoplasmsArden Syntaxautomated query constructionCDSSknowledge-based queriesmedical logic modules

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PMID26343669
PMCPMC4610474

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