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Implementing an Automated Ventilation Guideline Using the Semantic Wiki KnowWE

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In this paper, we report on the experiences made during the implementation of a therapeutic process, i.e. a guideline, for automated mechanical ventilation of patients in intensive care units. The semantic wiki KnowWE was used as a collaborative development platform for domain specialists, knowledge and software engineers, and reviewers. We applied the graphical guideline language DiaFlux to represent medical expertise about mechanical ventilation in a flowchart-oriented manner. Finally, the computerized guideline was embedded seamlessly into a mechanical ventilator for autonomous execution.

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Hatko, R., Schädler, D., Mersmann, S., Baumeister, J., Weiler, N., Puppe, F. (2012). Implementing an Automated Ventilation Guideline Using the Semantic Wiki KnowWE. In: ten Teije, A., et al. Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. EKAW 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7603. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33876-2_32

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