Acute stroke CDS: automatic retrieval of thrombolysis contraindications from unstructured clinical letters

• Main Authors: Murray Cutforth (Author), Hannah Watson (Author), Cameron Brown (Author), Chaoyang Wang (Author), Stuart Thomson (Author), Dickon Fell (Author), Vismantas Dilys (Author), Morag Scrimgeour (Author), Patrick Schrempf (Author), James Lesh (Author), Keith Muir (Author), Alexander Weir (Author), Alison Q O'Neil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionThrombolysis treatment for acute ischaemic stroke can lead to better outcomes if administered early enough. However, contraindications exist which put the patient at greater risk of a bleed (e.g. recent major surgery, anticoagulant medication). Therefore, clinicians must check a patient&...