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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2021

Using Machine Learning to Predict the Diagnosis, Management and Severity of Pediatric Appendicitis.

Ricards Marcinkevics, Patricia Reis Wolfertstetter, Sven Wellmann, Christian Knorr, Julia E Vogt

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ricards MarcinkevicsDepartment of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Patricia Reis WolfertstetterDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedics, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John of God, University Children's Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), Regensburg, Germany.
Sven WellmannDivision of Neonatology, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John of God, University Children's Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Christian KnorrDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Orthopedics, Hospital St. Hedwig of the Order of St. John of God, University Children's Hospital Regensburg (KUNO), Regensburg, Germany.
Julia E VogtDepartment of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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appendicitisclassificationmachine learningpediatricspredictive medicine

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PMID33996697
PMCPMC8116489

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