The prompt detection of bacteremia is a critical function of the clinical microbiology laboratory and blood culture remains the “gold standard” for the detection of bacteremia. Automated continuous-monitoring blood culture systems have detected growth sooner than the manual systems and they have greatly improved the efficiency of blood cultures. Here, in this hospital-based prospective study, w...

BACKGROUND Several studies have reported the accuracy and reproducibility of HeartModel for automated determination of three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE)-derived left heart volumes and left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) in adult patients. However, it remains unclear whether this automated adaptive analytics algorithm, derived from a 'training' population, can encompass adequat...

recording nursing reports is considered as a quality assurance tool for patients and nurses. nowadays, the presence of electronic health record systems is an indicator of development. studies on advantages and disadvantages of the electronic and manual recording methods have shown different results. in this study, electronic and manual recording of nursing reports were compared from the perspec...

This study assesses the performance of public-domain automated methodologies for MRI-based segmentation of the hippocampus in elderly subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Structural MR images of 54 age- and gender-matched healthy elderly individuals, subjects with probable AD, and subjects with MCI were collected at the University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer's...

Automated water quality monitoring systems can be used to help maintain optimal levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) in aquaculture systems by continuously monitoring oxygen concentrations and immediately turning on aerators to supplement oxygen if a critical limit is reached. This study compares differences in water quality maintenance under operation schemes using manual and automated water qualit...

OBJECTIVE A driving simulator study compared the effect of changes in workload on performance in manual and highly automated driving. Changes in driver state were also observed by examining variations in blink patterns. BACKGROUND With the addition of a greater number of advanced driver assistance systems in vehicles, the driver's role is likely to alter in the future from an operator in manu...

PURPOSE The quality and economic implications of manual versus automated preparation of antineoplastic drugs were compared. METHODS This four-week study evaluated 10 routinely used antineoplastic drugs (fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide, gemcitabine, trastuzumab, bevacizumab, oxaliplatin, cisplatin, paclitaxel, irinotecan, and etoposide) prepared by manual and automated procedures. The accuracy ...

BACKGROUND Increasingly, automated methods are being used to code free-text medication data, but evidence on the validity of these methods is limited. AIM To examine the accuracy of automated coding of previously keyed in free-text medication data compared with manual coding of original handwritten free-text responses (the 'gold standard'). METHODS A random sample of 500 participants (475 w...

BACKGROUND Staging of melanoma includes quantification of a proliferation index, i.e., presumed melanocytic mitoses of H&E stains are counted manually in hot spots. Yet, its reproducibility and prognostic impact increases by immunohistochemical dual staining for phosphohistone H3 (PHH3) and MART1, which also may enable fully automated quantification by image analysis. To ensure manageable workl...