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ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2024

Exploring the current and prospective role of artificial intelligence in disease diagnosis.

Ali Aamir, Arham Iqbal, Fareeha Jawed, Faiza Ashfaque, Hafiza Hafsa, Zahra Anas, Malik Olatunde Oduoye, Abdul Basit, Shaheer Ahmed, Sameer Abdul Rauf and 2 more

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Review in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ali AamirDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Arham IqbalDepartment of Medicine, Dow International Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Fareeha JawedDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Faiza AshfaqueDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Hafiza HafsaDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Zahra AnasDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Malik Olatunde OduoyeDepartment of Research, Medical Research Circle, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Abdul BasitDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Shaheer AhmedDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Sameer Abdul RaufLiaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Pakistan.
Mushkbar KhanLiaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Pakistan.
Tehreem MansoorDepartment of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences.
Dow University of Health Sciences · PKLiaquat National Hospital · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems, providing assistance in a variety of patient care and health systems. The aim of this review is to contribute valuable insights to the ongoing discourse on the transformative potential of AI in healthcare, providing a nuanced understanding of its current applications, future possibilities, and associated challenges. The authors conducted a literature search on the current role of AI in disease diagnosis and its possible future applications using PubMed, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate within 10 years. Our investigation revealed that AI, encompassing machine-learning and deep-learning techniques, has become integral to healthcare, facilitating immediate access to evidence-based guidelines, the latest medical literature, and tools for generating differential diagnoses. However, our research also acknowledges the limitations of current AI methodologies in disease diagnosis and explores uncertainties and obstacles associated with the complete integration of AI into clinical practice. This review has highlighted the critical significance of integrating AI into the medical healthcare framework and meticulously examined the evolutionary trajectory of healthcare-oriented AI from its inception, delving into the current state of development and projecting the extent of reliance on AI in the future. The authors have found that central to this study is the exploration of how the strategic integration of AI can accelerate the diagnostic process, heighten diagnostic accuracy, and enhance overall operational efficiency, concurrently relieving the burdens faced by healthcare practitioners.

Indexed as

Artificial intelligencediagnostic accuracydiagnostic efficiencydisease diagnosishealthcare evolutionmedical information

Identifiers

PMID38333305
PMCPMC10849462
OpenAlexW4390580746

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