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Published in: Information Systems Frontiers 4/2014

01-09-2014

Using conceptual graphs for clinical guidelines representation and knowledge visualization

Authors: Bernard Kamsu-Foguem, Germaine Tchuenté-Foguem, Clovis Foguem

Published in: Information Systems Frontiers | Issue 4/2014

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Abstract

The intrinsic complexity of the medical domain requires the building of some tools to assist the clinician and improve the patient’s health care. Clinical practice guidelines and protocols (CGPs) are documents with the aim of guiding decisions and criteria in specific areas of healthcare and they have been represented using several languages, but these are difficult to understand without a formal background. This paper uses conceptual graph formalism to represent CGPs. The originality here is the use of a graph-based approach in which reasoning is based on graph-theory operations to support sound logical reasoning in a visual manner. It allows users to have a maximal understanding and control over each step of the knowledge reasoning process in the CGPs exploitation. The application example concentrates on a protocol for the management of adult patients with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state in the Intensive Care Unit.
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Metadata
Title
Using conceptual graphs for clinical guidelines representation and knowledge visualization
Authors
Bernard Kamsu-Foguem
Germaine Tchuenté-Foguem
Clovis Foguem
Publication date
01-09-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Information Systems Frontiers / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 1387-3326
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9419
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-012-9360-2

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