Text-Based Identification of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus With Ocular Involvement in the Electronic Health Record: A Population-Based Study.

Chengyi Zheng Lina S SyHilary TanenbaumYun TianYi LuoBradley AckersonHung Fu Tseng

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)

The NLP algorithm achieved high accuracy and can be used in large population-based studies to identify ocular HZO, avoiding labor-intensive chart review. Age, sex, and race were strongly associated with ocular HZO among HZ patients. We should consider these risk factors when planning for zoster vaccination.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
risk factors
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machine learning
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prognostic factors
deep learning
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