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The model described formalizes the therapeutic process developed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of Merate's Hospital as a support of medical decisions and as a continuous control of the adequacy of the ventilatory therapy. Causal and temporal structure of the keypoints of the treatment are represented by Petri Nets.
The model could be utilised in different pathologies and for different clinical approach giving a meaningful organizational impact.
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Marraro, G., Mereu, M. & Ambroso, C. Therapeutic process formalization in the treatment of respiratory failure in infants. J Clin Monitor Comput 10, 167–173 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01246451
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