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https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-uncover-hidden-long-covid-cases-tripling-previous-estimates/>
"Previous diagnostic studies estimated that 7 percent of the population suffers
from long COVID. However, a new study using an AI tool developed by Mass
General Brigham indicates a significantly higher rate of 22.8 percent.
The AI-based tool can sift through electronic health records to help clinicians
identify cases of long COVID. The often-mysterious condition can encompass a
litany of enduring symptoms, including fatigue, chronic cough, and brain fog
after infection from SARS-CoV-2.
The algorithm used was developed by drawing de-identified patient data from the
clinical records of nearly 300,000 patients across 14 hospitals and 20
community health centers in the Mass General Brigham system. The results,
published in the journal
Med, could identify more people who should be
receiving care for this potentially debilitating condition.
“Our AI tool could turn a foggy diagnostic process into something sharp and
focused, giving clinicians the power to make sense of a challenging condition,”
said senior author Hossein Estiri, head of AI Research at the Center for AI and
Biomedical Informatics of the Learning Healthcare System (CAIBILS) at MGB and
an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. “With this work,
we may finally be able to see long COVID for what it truly is — and more
importantly, how to treat it.”
For the purposes of their study, Estiri and colleagues defined long COVID as a
diagnosis of exclusion that is also infection-associated. That means the
diagnosis could not be explained in the patient’s unique medical record but was
associated with a COVID infection. In addition, the diagnosis needed to have
persisted for two months or longer in a 12-month follow-up window."
Via Violet Blue’s
Cybersecurity Roundup: November 19, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-19-116282410
Cheers,
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