Pervasive intelligent decision support system–technology acceptance in intensive care units

F Portela, J Aguiar, MF Santos, Á Silva… - Advances in information …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Intensive Care Units are considered a critical environment where the decision
needs to be carefully taken. The real-time recognition of the condition of the patient is …

Pervasive and intelligent decision support in critical health care using ensembles

F Portela, MF Santos, J Machado, A Abelha… - … Technology in Bio-and …, 2013 - Springer
Critical health care is one of the most difficult areas to make decisions. Every day new
situations appear and doctors need to decide very quickly. Moreover, it is difficult to have an …

Knowledge acquisition process for intelligent decision support in critical health care

F Portela, A Cabral, A Abelha, M Salazar… - … and technologies for …, 2013 - igi-global.com
An efficient triage system is a good way to avoid some future problems and benefit the
patient. However, a limitation still exists. The triage system is general and not specific to …

Improving quality of services in maternity care triage system

A Abelha, E Pereira, A Brandão, F Portela… - International Journal of …, 2015 - igi-global.com
The main objectives in triage are to improve the quality of care and reduce the risks
associated to the waiting time in emergency care. Thus, an efficient triage is a good way to …

Adoption of pervasive intelligent information systems in intensive medicine

F Portela, MF Santos, Á Silva, F Rua, A Abelha… - Procedia …, 2013 - Elsevier
Intensive care units are critical environments where the decisions need to be performed
promptly and accurately. In order to help decision makers, a Pervasive Intelligent Decision …

Predict sepsis level in intensive medicine–data mining approach

JMC Gonçalves, F Portela, MF Santos, Á Silva… - Advances in information …, 2013 - Springer
This paper aims to support doctor's decision-making on predicting the Sepsis level. Thus, a
set of Data Mining (DM) models were developed using prevision techniques and …

Monitoring intelligent system for the Intensive Care Unit using RFID and multi-agent systems

R Rodrigues, P Gonc, M Miranda… - 2012 IEEE …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In an environment where patients' lives are at stake, Intensive Care Units (ICUs) become a
good scenario for the implementation of Ambient Intelligence, helping medical professionals …

Intelligent data acquisition and scoring system for intensive medicine

F Portela, MF Santos, J Machado, Á Silva… - … Technology in Bio-and …, 2012 - Springer
In a critical area as is Intensive Medicine, the existence of systems to support the clinical
decision is mandatory. These systems should ensure a set of data to evaluate medical …

Real-time predictive analytics for sepsis level and therapeutic plans in intensive care medicine

JMC Gonçalves, F Portela, MF Santos… - International Journal of …, 2014 - igi-global.com
Optimal treatments for patients with microbiological problems depend significantly on the
ability of the attending physicians to predict sepsis level. A set of Data Mining (DM) models …

Implementing a pervasive real-time intelligent system for tracking critical events with intensive care patients

F Portela, P Gago, MF Santos, J Machado… - International Journal of …, 2013 - igi-global.com
Nowadays, it is increasingly important to utilize intelligent systems to support the decision
making process (DMP) in challenging areas such as Intensive Medicine. In Intensive Care …