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ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2023

An intelligent decision support system for acute postoperative endophthalmitis: design, development and evaluation of a smartphone application.

Mahdi Shaeri, Nasser Shoeibi, Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini, Fatemeh Rangraze Jeddi, Razieh Farrahi, Ehsan Nabovati, Azam Salehzadeh

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mahdi ShaeriDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Nasser ShoeibiEye Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Seyedeh Maryam HosseiniEye Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Fatemeh Rangraze JeddiHealth Information Management Research Center, School of Allied Health Professions, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Pezeshk Blvd, 5Th of Qotbe Ravandi Blvd - Pardis Daneshgah, Kashan, 8715973449, Iran.
Razieh FarrahiDepartment of Health Information Technology, Ferdows Faculty of Medical Sciences, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
Ehsan NabovatiHealth Information Management Research Center, School of Allied Health Professions, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Pezeshk Blvd, 5Th of Qotbe Ravandi Blvd - Pardis Daneshgah, Kashan, 8715973449, Iran.
Azam SalehzadehHealth Information Management Research Center, School of Allied Health Professions, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Pezeshk Blvd, 5Th of Qotbe Ravandi Blvd - Pardis Daneshgah, Kashan, 8715973449, Iran. salehzadeh.azam@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5546-1061
Kashan University of Medical Sciences · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRBirjand University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundToday, clinical decision support systems based on artificial intelligence can significantly help physicians in the correct diagnosis and quick rapid treatment of endophthalmitis as the most important cause of blindness in emergency diseases. This study aimed to design, develop, and evaluate an intelligent decision support system for acute postoperative endophthalmitis.

methodsThis study was conducted in 2020-2021 in three phases: analysis, design and development, and evaluation. The user needs and the features of the system were identified through interviews with end users. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The list of clinical signs of acute postoperative endophthalmitis was provided to ophthalmologists for prioritization. 4 algorithms support vector machine, decision tree classifier, k-nearest neighbors, and random forest were used in the design of the computing core of the system for disease diagnosis. The acute postoperative endophthalmitis diagnosis application was developed for using by physicians and patients. Based on the data of 60 acute postoperative endophthalmitis patients, 143 acute postoperative endophthalmitis records and 12 non-acute postoperative endophthalmitis records were identified. The learning process of the algorithm was performed on 70% of the data and 30% of the data was used for evaluation.

resultsThe most important features of the application for physicians were selecting clinical signs and symptoms, predicting diagnosis based on artificial intelligence, physician-patient communication, selecting the appropriate treatment, and easy access to scientific resources. The results of the usability evaluation showed that the application was good with a mean (± SD) score of 7.73 ± 0.53 out of 10.

conclusionA decision support system with accuracy, precision, sensitivity and specificity, negative predictive values, F-measure and area under precision-recall curve 100% was created thanks to widespread participation, the use of clinical specialists' experiences and their awareness of patients' needs, as well as the availability of a comprehensive acute postoperative endophthalmitis clinical dataset.

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EndophthalmitisMobile ApplicationsArtificial IntelligenceHumansIntelligenceSmartphoneArtificial intelligenceClinical decision supportEndophthalmitisEye diseaseMobile applicationUser-centered design

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