ERUDIT-Workshop
Fuzzy Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Support
11–12 May 2000, Vienna, Austria
1 Department of Medical Computer Sciences, Section on Medical Expert and Knowledge-Based Systems
University of Vienna Medical School, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: christian.schuh@akh-wien.ac.at
2Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
University of Vienna Medical School, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
e-mail: michael.hiesmayr@akh-wien.ac.at
Abstract. Weaning a patient with respiratory insufficiency from mechanical ventilation is complex and requires expertise obtained by long clinical practice. Using this expertise in an adequate manner for computer-assisted weaning is the purpose of Fuzzy Knowledge-Based-Weaning (FuzzyKBWean). FuzzyKBWean is a real-time, open-loop knowledge-based weaning system en-capsulating knowledge and expertise of experienced physicians, and offering computer-assisted advice and support during the weaning process of patients after cardiac surgery. The application is currently being tested at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with actual cases. The established system indicates the applicability of FuzzyKBWean to introduce medical standards in the weaning process and make the weaning transparent and comprehensible.
(In: Adlassnig, K.-P. (ed.) Fuzzy Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decision Support. Proc. of the ERUDIT Workshop, Österreichische Computer Gesellschaft, Vienna, p.38.)