Differential Diagnosis¶
- Diagnosis: Identification of nature and cause of certain phenomenon
- Differential diagnosis: Distinguishing of particular disease/condition from others that present similar clinical features
Models¶
- Flowcharts
- Based on associations b/w diseases and {signs, symptoms}
- “manifestations” covers all observables, including lab tests, bedside measurements
- Single disease vs multiple diseases
- Probabilistic vs categorical
- Utility theoretic
- Rule-based
- Pattern-matching
Models?
- Bayesian network