Critical Care

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Commentary

Can fuzzy logic make things more clear?

Jan A Hazelzet

Author Affiliations

Pediatric ICU, Erasmus MC, Sophia, 3000CB, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Critical Care 2009, 13:116 doi:10.1186/cc7692

Published: 18 February 2009

Abstract

Intensive care is a complex environment involving many signals, data and observations. Clinical decision support and artificial intelligence using fuzzy logic and closed loop techniques are methods that might help us to handle this complexity in a safe, effective and efficient way. Merouani and colleagues have performed a study using fuzzy logic and closed loop techniques to more effectively wean patients with sepsis from norepinephrine infusion.