Publications by authors named "Beverly A Poelstra"
J Pediatr Surg
January 2006
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate a Bayesian network for improving the diagnosis accuracy of pyloric stenosis in infants, given that many ultrasounds have negative results despite clinical suspicion.
- Researchers analyzed records of 118 infants, training the network on 88 cases and testing its predictions against two groups of physicians - one using the Bayesian tool and the other relying on standard records.
- Results showed that the Bayesian network improved diagnostic accuracy (ROC 0.973 vs 0.882) and could potentially reduce unnecessary ultrasounds by 22% without missing any cases of pyloric stenosis.
