Using Machine-Learned Bayesian Belief Networks to Predict Perioperative Risk of Clostridium Difficile Infection Following Colon Surgery

Scott Steele   ¹ , MD ;   Anton Bilchik   ² , MD ;   John Eberhardt   ³ ;   Philip Kalina   ³ ;   Aviram Nissan   ⁴ , MD ;   Eric Johnson   ¹ , MD ;   Itzhak Avital   ⁵ , MD ;   Alexander Stojadinovic   ⁶ , MD

¹ Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Tacoma, WA, United States

² California Oncology Research Institute (CORI), Los Angeles, CA, United States

³ DecisionQ Corporation, Washington, DC, United States

⁴ Department of Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikvah, Israel

⁵ Surgery Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, DC, United States

⁶ Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, DC, United States