A Program for Therapy of Acid-base and Electrolyte Disorders

This thesis describes work done on the therapy component of an on-going project for the diagnosis and management of acid-base and electrolyte disoders. Therapeutic interventions can be classified as symptomatic or etiologic, and as acute or chronic. We have focused on the problem of acute symptomati...

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Main Author: Bromley, Hank
Other Authors: Patil, Ramesh
Published: 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/149050
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description This thesis describes work done on the therapy component of an on-going project for the diagnosis and management of acid-base and electrolyte disoders. Therapeutic interventions can be classified as symptomatic or etiologic, and as acute or chronic. We have focused on the problem of acute symptomatic therapy. Based on observation of clinical practice, we have developed a formalization of the domain-independent aspects of the task of acute symptomatic therapy, then applied the formalization to the particular field of acid-base and electrolyte disorders. A rule-based program named ABET (the Acide-Base ad Electrolye Therapy Advisor) has been designed and written to test this formalization. The thesis presents the methods used by ABET, the program's implementation, a sample session, and a discussion of limitations and possible improvements.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1490502023-03-30T04:01:32Z A Program for Therapy of Acid-base and Electrolyte Disorders Bromley, Hank Patil, Ramesh This thesis describes work done on the therapy component of an on-going project for the diagnosis and management of acid-base and electrolyte disoders. Therapeutic interventions can be classified as symptomatic or etiologic, and as acute or chronic. We have focused on the problem of acute symptomatic therapy. Based on observation of clinical practice, we have developed a formalization of the domain-independent aspects of the task of acute symptomatic therapy, then applied the formalization to the particular field of acid-base and electrolyte disorders. A rule-based program named ABET (the Acide-Base ad Electrolye Therapy Advisor) has been designed and written to test this formalization. The thesis presents the methods used by ABET, the program's implementation, a sample session, and a discussion of limitations and possible improvements. 2023-03-29T14:22:49Z 2023-03-29T14:22:49Z 1983-06 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/149050 13384746 MIT-LCS-TM-240 application/pdf
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