Introduction: Large learning models (LLMs) such as GPT are advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models. Originally developed for natural language processing, they have been adapted for multi-modal tasks with vision-language input. One clinically relevant task is scoring the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Discharge letters are a critical component in the continuity of care between specialists and primary care providers. However, these letters are time-consuming to write, underprioritized in comparison to direct clinical care, and are often tasked to junior doctors. Prior studies assessing the quality of discharge summaries written for inpatient hospital admissions show inadequacies in many domains.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME) are major causes of visual impairment that challenge global vision health. New strategies are needed to tackle these growing global health problems, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into ophthalmology has the potential to revolutionize DR and DME management to meet these challenges.
Main Text: This review discusses the latest AI-driven methodologies in the context of DR and DME in terms of disease identification, patient-specific disease profiling, and short-term and long-term management.
With the rapid growth of interest in and use of large language models (LLMs) across various industries, we are facing some crucial and profound ethical concerns, especially in the medical field. The unique technical architecture and purported emergent abilities of LLMs differentiate them substantially from other artificial intelligence (AI) models and natural language processing techniques used, necessitating a nuanced understanding of LLM ethics. In this Viewpoint, we highlight ethical concerns stemming from the perspectives of users, developers, and regulators, notably focusing on data privacy and rights of use, data provenance, intellectual property contamination, and broad applications and plasticity of LLMs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis perspective highlights the importance of addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) in patient health outcomes and health inequity, a global problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. We provide a broad discussion on current developments in digital health and artificial intelligence (AI), including large language models (LLMs), as transformative tools in addressing SDOH factors, offering new capabilities for disease surveillance and patient care. Simultaneously, we bring attention to challenges, such as data standardization, infrastructure limitations, digital literacy, and algorithmic bias, that could hinder equitable access to AI benefits.
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February 2024
Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of patients with pleural infection requiring intrapleural therapy at two tertiary referral centres.
Results: We included 84 (62.2%) and 51 (37.
The Metaverse has gained wide attention for being the application interface for the next generation of Internet. The potential of the Metaverse is growing, as Web 3·0 development and adoption continues to advance medicine and healthcare. We define the next generation of interoperable healthcare ecosystem in the Metaverse.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrent and future healthcare professionals are generally not trained to cope with the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in healthcare. To design a curriculum that caters to variable baseline knowledge and skills, clinicians may be conceptualized as "consumers", "translators", or "developers". The changes required of medical education because of AI innovation are linked to those brought about by evidence-based medicine (EBM).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArtificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated the ability to extract insights from data, but the fairness of such data-driven insights remains a concern in high-stakes fields. Despite extensive developments, issues of AI fairness in clinical contexts have not been adequately addressed. A fair model is normally expected to perform equally across subgroups defined by sensitive variables (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Crit Care
April 2022
Purpose: To determine percentage of patients with sub-therapeutic beta-lactam exposure in our intensive care units (ICU) and to correlate target attainment with clinical outcomes.
Materials And Methods: Multi-centre, prospective, observational study was conducted in ICUs from three hospitals in Singapore from July 2016 to May 2018. Adult patients (≥21 years) receiving meropenem or piperacillin-tazobactam were included.
Chronic subdural haemorrhage (CSDH) is a common neurosurgical entity with complex pathophysiological pathways. The generally favourable surgical outcome may be affected by its associated risks including recurrence rates. We performed a prospective randomized multi-center clinical trial comparing the addition of tranexamic acid (TXA) to standard neurosurgical procedures for patients with symptomatic CSDH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Liposome Res
December 2011
Stealth liposomes form an important subset of liposomes, demonstrating prolonged circulation half-life and improved safety in vivo. Caelyx® (liposomal doxorubicin; Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA) is a successful example of the application of stealth liposomes in anticancer treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci
February 2011
A sensitive and selective LC-MS/MS based bioanalytical method was developed and validated for the quantification of 3-deazaneplanocin A (DZNep), a novel epigenetic anti-tumor drug candidate, in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat biosamples (plasma, urine, feces and tissue samples). The method comprises a phenylboronic acid (PBA)-containing solid phase extraction procedure, serving for binding and clean-up of DZNep in rat biosamples spiked with tubercidin (as internal standard). The analytes were separated on an Agilent hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) column.
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