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ReviewArtificial intelligence in medicine2022

A rapid review of machine learning approaches for telemedicine in the scope of COVID-19.

Luana Carine Schünke, Blanda Mello, Cristiano André da Costa, Rodolfo Stoffel Antunes, Sandro José Rigo, Gabriel de Oliveira Ramos, Rodrigo da Rosa Righi, Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer, Bruna Donida

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Review in Artificial intelligence in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luana Carine SchünkeSoftware Innovation Lab. (SOFTWARELAB), Applied Computing Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: lcschunke@edu.unisinos.br.
Blanda MelloSoftware Innovation Lab. (SOFTWARELAB), Applied Computing Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: blanda@edu.unisinos.br.
Cristiano André da CostaSoftware Innovation Lab. (SOFTWARELAB), Applied Computing Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: cac@unisinos.br.
Rodolfo Stoffel AntunesSoftware Innovation Lab. (SOFTWARELAB), Applied Computing Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: rsantunes@unisinos.br.
Sandro José RigoSoftware Innovation Lab. (SOFTWARELAB), Applied Computing Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: rigo@unisinos.br.
Gabriel de Oliveira RamosSoftware Innovation Lab. (SOFTWARELAB), Applied Computing Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: gdoramos@unisinos.br.
Rodrigo da Rosa RighiSoftware Innovation Lab. (SOFTWARELAB), Applied Computing Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: rrrighi@unisinos.br.
Juliana Nichterwitz SchererCollective Health Graduate Program, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo 93022-750, Brazil. Electronic address: julianascherer@unisinos.br.
Bruna DonidaGrupo Hospitalar Conceição (GHC), Porto Alegre 91350-200, Brazil. Electronic address: bruna.donida@ghc.com.br.
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos · BRGrupo Hospitalar Conceição · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread around the world. The rapid transmission of the virus is a threat that hinders the ability to contain the disease propagation. The pandemic forced widespread conversion of in-person to virtual care delivery through telemedicine. Given this gap, this article aims at providing a literature review of machine learning-based telemedicine applications to mitigate COVID-19. A rapid review of the literature was conducted in six electronic databases published from 2015 through 2020. The process of data extraction was documented using a PRISMA flowchart for inclusion and exclusion of studies. As a result, the literature search identified 1.733 articles, from which 16 articles were included in the review. We developed an updated taxonomy and identified challenges, open questions, and current data types. Our taxonomy and discussion contribute with a significant degree of coverage from subjects related to the use of machine learning to improve telemedicine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The evidence identified by this rapid review suggests that machine learning, in combination with telemedicine, can provide a strategy to control outbreaks by providing smart triage of patients and remote monitoring. Also, the use of telemedicine during future outbreaks could be further explored and refined.

Indexed as

COVID-19TelemedicineHumansMachine LearningPandemicsTriageCOVID-19Machine learningSurveyTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID35659388
PMCPMC9055383
OpenAlexW4225147628

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