Accuracy of a Computer Assisted Program for 'Classic' Presentations of Dental Pain

Abstract

A computer-assisted dental program to assist independent duty corpsmen in the diagnosis and management of patients who present at sea with dental pain produced the correct diagnosis 78% of the time when given information considered by dentists to be classic for the condition in question. The program correctly distinguished between dental conditions which require immediate evacuation and those which can be managed aboard submarines by independent duty corpsmen. Keywords: Medical computer applications; Diagnosis medicine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211205

Entities

People

  • Karen Fisherkeller
  • Robert Beaudry

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biomedical Research
  • Bone Diseases
  • Computer Programs
  • Dentists
  • Facial Bones
  • Great Lakes
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mouth Diseases
  • Nose Diseases
  • Stomatognathic System
  • Submarine Bases
  • Submarines
  • Teeth

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  • Trauma or Military Medicine