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Phenome based analysis as a means for discovering context dependent clinical reference ranges.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium - 1 Jan 2012
Warner Jeremy L, Alterovitz Gil
Abstract excerpt
Robust electronic medical records (EMR's) have made large-scale phenome-based analysis feasible. The context-dependent phenome of a large ICU-based EMR database (MIMIC II) was explored, as a function of a clinical feature: white blood cell count (WBC). Phenome visualization led to the discovery that peak WBC in the range 15-45 K/μl was highly associated with the diagnoses of Clostridium difficile and bacterial...
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