AN EXPERT-SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY IN LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

An expert system for diagnosis and therapy after lung transplantation has been developed and evaluated by domain experts. The system capture s a total of 21 diagnoses encompassing rejection, pulmonary infection, and some diseases of gastrointestinal origin. The disease hypotheses are scored and ranked by their ability to explain the patient findings . A hypothesis is accepted as a candidate disease if it is ranked high on the list and is able to account for the cardinal findings of the d isease. The therapy knowledge is captured in the form of rules. The re sults demonstrate the feasibility of an expert system for diagnosis an d therapy after lung transplantation. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Scie nce Ltd.