The PATRICIA project: a semantic-based methodology for intelligent monitoring in the ICU

The authors describe PATRICIA, an intelligent monitoring system designed to advise clinicians in the management of patients dependent on mechanical ventilation. PATRICIA incorporates a patient-oriented symbolic approach for representing knowledge and a symbolic-oriented temporal approach for the intelligent control of the monitoring process. The results and methodology used in the validation of PATRICIA are presented. Preliminary results show that PATRICIA could be a useful tool for the management of patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support.<<ETX>>

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