title: Goal-directed critiquing by computer: ventilator management.
abstract: VQ-ATTENDING is an expert system which critiques aspects of the ventilator management of a patient receiving mechanical respiratory support. To use VQ-ATTENDING, the physician first inputs medical information describing a patient, a current set of arterial blood gas results, the current ventilator settings, and a proposed set of new ventilator settings. VQ-ATTENDING then critiques the appropriateness of the proposed settings. In its current developmental implementation, VQ-ATTENDING explores a particular expert system designed feature: the ability to assess appropriate treatment goals, and to use those goals to guide the system's critiquing analysis.
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D003201:Computers; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000379:methods*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D012984:Software; D014939:Work of Breathing
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen