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A framework for information extraction from tables in biomedical literature
The scientific literature is growing exponentially, and professionals are no
more able to cope with the current amount of publications. Text mining provided
in the past methods to retrieve and extract information from text; however,
most of these approaches ignored tables and figures. The research done in
mining table data still does not have an integrated approach for mining that
would consider all complexities and challenges of a table. Our research is
examining the methods for extracting numerical (number of patients, age, gender
distribution) and textual (adverse reactions) information from tables in the
clinical literature. We present a requirement analysis template and an integral
methodology for information extraction from tables in clinical domain that
contains 7 steps: (1) table detection, (2) functional processing, (3)
structural processing, (4) semantic tagging, (5) pragmatic processing, (6) cell
selection and (7) syntactic processing and extraction. Our approach performed
with the F-measure ranged between 82 and 92%, depending on the variable, task
and its complexity.Comment: 24 page
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation consensus statement for the standardization of bronchoalveolar lavage in lung transplantation
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a key clinical and research tool in lung transplantation (LTx). However, BAL collection and processing are not standardized across LTx centers. This International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation-supported consensus document on BAL standardization aims to clarify definitions and propose common approaches to improve clinical and research practice standards. The following 9 areas are covered: (1) bronchoscopy procedure and BAL collection, (2) sample handling, (3) sample processing for microbiology, (4) cytology, (5) research, (6) microbiome, (7) sample inventory/tracking, (8) donor bronchoscopy, and (9) pediatric considerations. This consensus document aims to harmonize clinical and research practices for BAL collection and processing in LTx. The overarching goal is to enhance standardization and multicenter collaboration within the international LTx community and enable improvement and development of new BAL-based diagnostics