ArticleRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical2022
Impact of a computer system as a triage tool in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis in a HIV reference center in Brazil.
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- Markers of pulmonary TB in care-seeking patients with respiratory symptoms.Public health action · 2025Article
- Mapping and Summarizing the Research on AI Systems for Automating Medical History Taking and Triage: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Neural Clinical Score for tuberculosis (NCS-TB) is a computer system developed to improve the triage of presumed pulmonary TB (pPTB).
methodsA study was performed with cohorts of pPTB patients cared for at a reference hospital in Northeast Brazil.
resultsThe NCS-TB sensitivity was 76.5% for TB diagnosis, which shortened the time from triage to smear microscopy results (3.3 to 2.5 days; p<0.001) and therapy initiation (6.7 to 4.1 days; p=0.045).
conclusionsAlthough the NCS-TB was not suitable as a screening tool, it was able to optimize laboratory diagnosis and shorten the time to treatment initiation.
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