Decision Trees

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Periprocedural Management of Anticoagulation in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Clinical Expert Consensus Document Task Force. 
  • A Cost-Utility Analysis of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring in the Setting of Total Thyroidectomy. 
  • A Multibiomarker-Based Model for Estimating the Risk of Septic Acute Kidney Injury. 
  • A Practical Approach to Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Interventional Perspective. 
  • A fully automated artificial intelligence method for non-invasive, imaging-based identification of genetic alterations in glioblastomas. 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to revise the 1999 guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction). 
  • ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction--executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction). 
  • Acute type B aortic dissection in elderly patients: clinical features, outcomes, and simple risk stratification rule. 
  • Adding bevacizumab to single agent chemotherapy for the treatment of platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer: A cost effectiveness analysis of the AURELIA trial. 
  • Addition of adult-to-adult living donation to liver transplant programs improves survival but at an increased cost. 
  • Adenocarcinoma of the liver without a detectable primary. 
  • Adult cancer pain. 
  • Advances in the surgical management of nephrolithiasis. 
  • Algorithms for optimizing the treatment of depression: making the right decision at the right time. 
  • Alternative statistical approaches to identifying dementia in a community-dwelling sample. 
  • An automated decision-tree approach to predicting protein interaction hot spots. 
  • An economic analysis of external hip protector use in ambulatory nursing facility residents. 
  • Anatomy, pathophysiology, and biomechanics of shoulder instability. 
  • Are different methotrexate regimens as first line therapy for low risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia more cost effective than the dactinomycin regimen used in GOG 0174? 
  • Artificial intelligence for teleophthalmology-based diabetic retinopathy screening in a national programme: an economic analysis modelling study. 
  • Balancing the benefits and costs of colony-stimulating factors: a current perspective. 
  • Bayesian analysis of binary prediction tree models for retrospectively sampled outcomes. 
  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia: diagnosis and treatment. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Guideline Panel. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. 
  • Bladder cancer. 
  • Care of the surgical intensive care nursery graduate. The primary care pediatrician's perspective. 
  • Cervical cancer. 
  • Chronic cough in children. 
  • Clinical characteristics associated with poor long-term survival among patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing saphenous vein graft interventions. 
  • Clinical results for patients with major depressive disorder in the Texas Medication Algorithm Project. 
  • Cognitive therapy versus medication in augmentation and switch strategies as second-step treatments: a STAR*D report. 
  • Combining classification trees using MLE 
  • Combining gene expression, demographic and clinical data in modeling disease: a case study of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. 
  • Combining multiple models to generate consensus: application to radiation-induced pneumonitis prediction. 
  • Consensus guidelines in the treatment of major depressive disorder. 
  • Cost analysis of abdominal, laparoscopic, and robotic-assisted myomectomies. 
  • Cost comparison of strategies for the management of venous thromboembolic event risk following laparotomy for ovarian cancer. 
  • Cost effectiveness analysis of hemiarthroplasty and total shoulder arthroplasty. 
  • Cost impact of molecular testing for indeterminate thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration biopsies. 
  • Cost implications of selective preoperative risk screening in the care of candidates for peripheral vascular operations. 
  • Cost of care using prophylactic negative pressure wound vacuum on closed laparotomy incisions. 
  • Cost-Effective Analysis of Dual-Energy Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis of Occult Hip Fractures Among Older Adults. 
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Multigene Pharmacogenetic Testing in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Cost-based decision analysis of postreduction imaging in the management of mandibular fractures. 
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis based on the atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance/low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion Triage Study (ALTS). 
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of a non-contrast screening MRI protocol for vestibular schwannoma in patients with asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of HLA-B*1502 genotyping in adult patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in Singapore. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of Strategies for Offering Influenza Vaccine in the Pediatric Emergency Department. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of adjuvant radiotherapy in intermediate risk endometrial cancer. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for patients with chest pain. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of electrocardiography vs. electrocardiography plus limited echocardiography to diagnose LVH in young, newly identified, hypertensives. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter defibrillators relative to amiodarone for prevention of sudden cardiac death. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis in Singapore. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of prenatal screening methods for congenital heart defects in pregnancies conceived by in-vitro fertilization. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic indomethacin in very-low-birth-weight infants. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation for supraventricular tachycardia. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of the 21-gene recurrence score assay in the context of multifactorial decision making to guide chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of treatment strategies for cervical infection among women at high risk in Madagascar. 
  • Decision Tree-Based Classification for Maintaining Normal Blood Pressure Throughout Early Adulthood and Middle Age: Findings From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. 
  • Derivation of a clinical decision guide in the diagnosis of cervical facet joint pain. 
  • Design and pilot evaluation of a system to develop computer-based site-specific practice guidelines from decision models. 
  • Development of a Preoperative Predictive Model for Reaching the Oswestry Disability Index Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Adult Spinal Deformity Patients. 
  • Diagnosis and management of renovascular hypertension. 
  • Diarrhea. 
  • Diarrhea: applying research to bedside practice. 
  • Dipsticks and diagnostic algorithms in urinary tract infection: development and validation, randomised trial, economic analysis, observational cohort and qualitative study. 
  • Discontinuing mechanical ventilatory support. 
  • Distributed decision support using a web-based interface: prevention of sudden cardiac death. 
  • Early recognition of Alzheimer's disease: what is consensual? What is controversial? What is practical? 
  • Economic analysis in eye disease. 
  • Economic analysis of influenza vaccination and antiviral treatment for healthy working adults. 
  • Economic effects of beta-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure. 
  • Economic evaluation of propofol and lorazepam for critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. 
  • Estimating the Societal Benefits of THA After Accounting for Work Status and Productivity: A Markov Model Approach. 
  • Evaluating the potential 'economic attractiveness' of new therapies in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Evaluation and management of incontinence after implantation of the artificial urinary sphincter. 
  • Evidence-based use of colony-stimulating factors in elderly cancer patients. 
  • Facilitated process improvement: an approach to the seamless linkage between evidence and practice in CKD. 
  • Incremental cost-effectiveness of algorithm-driven genetic testing versus no testing for Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY) in Singapore. 
  • Incremental cost-utility analysis of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty compared with penetrating keratoplasty for the treatment of keratoconus. 
  • Integration of EEG lead placement templates into traditional technologist-based staffing models reduces costs in continuous video-EEG monitoring service. 
  • Interleukin 27 as a sepsis diagnostic biomarker in critically ill adults. 
  • Is there a threshold between peak oxygen uptake and self-reported physical functioning in older adults? 
  • K-Sample comparisons using propensity analysis. 
  • Length of Stay Predicts Risk of Early Infection for Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Central Venous Port Placement. 
  • Life-sustaining therapy. A model for appropriate use. 
  • Lifetime cost-effectiveness analysis of ticagrelor in patients with acute coronary syndromes based on the PLATO trial: a Singapore healthcare perspective. 
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measures of Brain Structure to Predict Antidepressant Treatment Outcome in Major Depressive Disorder. 
  • Maintaining the artificial airway: current concepts. 
  • Management of Cardiovascular Disease Patients With Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 in Limited Resource Settings. 
  • Management of asymptomatic chronic aortic regurgitation with left ventricular dysfunction: a decision analysis. 
  • Medication treatment for the severely and persistently mentally ill: the Texas Medication Algorithm Project. 
  • Meta-analytic tools for medical decision making: a practical guide. 
  • Monitored isoniazid prophylaxis for low-risk tuberculin reactors older than 35 years of age: a risk-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis. 
  • Multidisciplinary Management of Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. 
  • Myeloid growth factors. 
  • NCCN practice guidelines for occult primary tumors. National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 
  • NCCN practice guidelines for the myelodysplastic syndromes. National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 
  • Negative Biopsy of Focal Hepatic Lesions: Decision Tree Model for Patient Management. 
  • Patterns of care study decision tree and management guidelines for esophageal cancer. American College of Radiology. 
  • Perinatal screening for group B streptococci: cost-benefit analysis of rapid polymerase chain reaction. 
  • Potential cost-effectiveness of prophylactic use of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator or amiodarone after myocardial infarction. 
  • Practical outcomes of applying ensemble machine learning classifiers to High-Throughput Screening (HTS) data analysis and screening. 
  • Practical steps for evidence-based practice: putting one foot in front of the other. 
  • Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with major depressive disorder (revision). American Psychiatric Association. 
  • Predicting lung radiotherapy-induced pneumonitis using a model combining parametric Lyman probit with nonparametric decision trees. 
  • Prediction of treatment week eight response & sustained virologic response in patients treated with boceprevir plus peginterferon alfa and ribavirin. 
  • Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy is cost-effective, shortens treatment time, and reduces the risk of failed embryo transfer and clinical miscarriage. 
  • Prenatal diagnosis and the pediatric surgeon: the impact of prenatal consultation on perinatal management. 
  • Primary care of HIV infection. 
  • Prognosis in cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction in the interventional era. 
  • Progress in breast cancer-can we do better? 
  • Prospective clinical testing and experimental validation of the Pediatric Sepsis Biomarker Risk Model. 
  • Prospective gene signature study using microRNA to identify the tissue of origin in patients with carcinoma of unknown primary. 
  • Re-evaluating triage in the new millennium: A comprehensive look at the need for standardization and quality. 
  • Real-time application of continuous 12-lead ST-segment monitoring: 3 case studies. 
  • Recommendations for rescue of a submerged unresponsive compressed-gas diver. 
  • Renal colic. Utility of the plain abdominal roentgenogram. 
  • Review of small-bowel obstruction: the diagnosis and when to worry. 
  • Sensitivity analysis on a chance node with more than two branches. 
  • Simulation model of the relationship between cesarean section rates and labor duration. 
  • Skeletal disorders in malignant disease. 
  • Stroke prevention: the emerging strategies. 
  • Surveillance issues in inflammatory bowel disease: ulcerative colitis. 
  • Survey mode effects on valuation of environmental goods. 
  • Testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in the southeastern United States. 
  • The Emergency Severity Index Version 4: changes to ESI level 1 and pediatric fever criteria. 
  • The Impact of Mitral Disease Etiology on Operative Mortality After Mitral Valve Operations. 
  • The Stroke Prevention Patient Outcomes Research Team. Goals and methods. 
  • The Texas Medication Algorithm Project antipsychotic algorithm for schizophrenia: 2003 update. 
  • The Texas Medication Algorithm Project: report of the Texas Consensus Conference Panel on Medication Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder. 
  • The effectiveness of ovarian cancer screening. A decision analysis model. 
  • The natural history of mammographic calcifications subjected to interval follow-up. 
  • The pediatric sepsis biomarker risk model: potential implications for sepsis therapy and biology. 
  • The societal and economic value of rotator cuff repair. 
  • Thyroid hormone levels in term and preterm neonates. 
  • Treating depression within the HIV "medical home": a guided algorithm for antidepressant management by HIV clinicians. 
  • Treatment algorithm use to optimize management of symptomatic patients with a history of mania. 
  • Treatment of pyelonephritis in an observation unit. 
  • Treatment systems guidelines for primary rectal cancer from the 1996 Patterns of Care Study. 
  • Use of classification models based on usage data for the selection of infobutton resources. 
  • Users' guides to the medical literature. VII. How to use a clinical decision analysis. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Evidence Based Medicine Working Group. 
  • Using decision lists to construct interpretable and parsimonious treatment regimes. 
  • Using observational data to estimate prognosis: an example using a coronary artery disease registry. 
  • Von Willebrand disease and other bleeding disorders in women: consensus on diagnosis and management from an international expert panel. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Clements III, Dennis Alfred, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
  • Myers, Evan Robert, Walter L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
  • Orlando, Lori Ann, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology, Surgery, Urology
  • Reed, Shelby Derene, Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke Science & Society
  • Sullivan, Daniel Carl, Professor Emeritus of Radiology, Radiology