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Urinary tract infections in children: building a causal model-based decision support tool for diagnosis with domain knowledge and prospective data

Diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children in the emergency department (ED) is challenging due to the variable clinical presentations and difficulties in obtaining a urine sample free from contamination.

Citation:
Ramsay JA, Mascaro S, Campbell AJ, Foley DA, Mace AO, Ingram P, Blyth CC, Snelling TL … et al. Urinary tract infections in children: building a causal model-based decision support tool for diagnosis with domain knowledge and prospective data. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2022;22(1)

Keywords:
Bayesian network; Causal model; Clinical decision support; DAG; Urinary tract infection

Abstract:
Diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children in the emergency department (ED) is challenging due to the variable clinical presentations and difficulties in obtaining a urine sample free from contamination.