@inproceedings{4b02b8142d7c4177819ef0d55df14236,
title = "Applications of data mining to postoperative pain management",
abstract = "Appropriate postoperative pain management contributes to earlier mobilization, shorter hospitalization, and reduced cost. Undertreatment of pain may impede short-term recovery, and may even have a detrimental long-tern effect on health. Despite the advancement in postoperative pain management, pain relief and patient satisfaction still does not meet some patients' requirement. By applying data mining techniques, this study aimed to identify the predictive factors for anesthetic dosage and PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) demands. With the assistance of Changhua Christian Hospital, we collected 1655 PCA patient records. We analyzed patient PCA usage profiles. We concentrated on two prediction tasks in this study: (a) postoperative analgesic consumption, and (2) PCA setting readjustment.",
keywords = "Bagging, Clustering, Decision trees, Intramuscular (IM), Patient controlled analgesia (PCA)",
author = "Yuh-Jyh Hu and Jan, {Rong Hong} and Kuo-Chen Wang and Yu-Chee Tseng and Ku, {Tien Hsiung} and Yang, {Shu Fen}",
year = "2011",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789728939533",
series = "Proceedings of the IADIS European Conference on Data Mining 2011, Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2011, MCCSIS 2011",
pages = "3--10",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the IADIS European Conference on Data Mining 2011, Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2011, MCCSIS 2011",
note = "IADIS European Conference on Data Mining 2011, Part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2011, MCCSIS 2011 ; Conference date: 24-07-2011 Through 26-07-2011",
}