Ann Lab Med.  2025 Mar;45(2):117-120. 10.3343/alm.2024.0696.

Enhancing Clinical Cardiac Care: Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest With Machine Learning

• Kim S

• KMID: 2565643
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2024.0696

Keyword

Artificial intelligence; In-hospital cardiac arrest; In-hospital cardiac arrest; Laboratory data; Laboratory data; Machine learning; Machine learning; Predictive modeling; Predictive modeling

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