Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease and has seen increasing prevalence worldwide. While there is existing evidence of familial and other risk factors for pediatric asthma, there is a need for further studies to explore and understand interactions among these risk factors. The goal of this study was to develop an approach for mining, visualizing, and evaluating association rules representing pairwise interactions among potential familial risk factors based on information documented as part of a patient's family history in the electronic health record. As a case study, 10,260 structured family history entries for a cohort of 1,531 pediatric asthma patients were extracted and analyzed to generate family history associations at different levels of granularity. The preliminary results highlight the potential of this approach for validating known knowledge and suggesting opportunities for further investigation that may contribute to improving prediction of asthma risk in children.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4765567 | PMC |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
More Than a Haematoma: A Case of Aplastic Anemia.
Cureus
December 2024
Family Medicine, Family Health Unit (USF) Almedina, Local Health Unit of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (ULSTMAD), Lamego, PRT.
Easy bruising and ecchymosis are common symptoms in clinical practice, yet distinguishing benign from clinically significant cases can be challenging. We report the case of a 46-year-old woman who presented in December 2023 with easy bruising and increased menstrual flow, revealing new-onset pancytopenia in laboratory tests. Initially diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia inversion (inv) (16), subsequent results were inconclusive, leading to a diagnosis of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and Postpartum Screening Practice for Type 2 Diabetes Following Gestational Diabetes (GDM) in a Tertiary Care Center in Western Saudi Arabia: A Three-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Family Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, SAU.
Objectives This study analyzed the practices and findings on postpartum type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) screening among pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care center in Western Saudi Arabia, between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2018. It involved 642 nondiabetic women with a confirmed diagnosis of GDM, who were followed until delivery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCrimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, transfer patterns, vectors and history in Iran and neighboring countries.
Vet Res Forum
November 2024
Department of Basic Health Science, Health Sciences Faculty, Marmara University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is indeed to be considered as one of the most significant vector-borne diseases globally. The virus responsible for CCHF can persist in various animals and lead to severe infections in humans. Ticks of the family are the acknowledged vectors of CCHF virus (CCHFV) transmission to humans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExploring Mortality and Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure with In-Hospital and Emergency Patients by Electronic Medical Records: A Machine Learning Approach.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy
January 2025
Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, 235603, Taiwan.
Purpose: As HF progresses into advanced HF, patients experience a poor quality of life, distressing symptoms, intensive care use, social distress, and eventual hospital death. We aimed to investigate the relationship between morality and potential prognostic factors among in-patient and emergency patients with HF.
Patients And Methods: A case series study: Data are collected from in-hospital and emergency care patients from 2014 to 2021, including their international classification of disease at admission, and laboratory data such as blood count, liver and renal functions, lipid profile, and other biochemistry from the hospital's electrical medical records.
Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!