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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Proc ACM Int Conf Inf Knowl Manag. 2016 Oct;2016:297–306. doi: 10.1145/2983323.2983819

Table 2.

Examples of answers discovered for the medical cases illustrated in Figure 1

Topic 32 EMAT: DIAGNOSIS
Answers: cytomegalovirus; leishmania donovani; kala-azar; mycobacterium; columbiense; salmonella; interferon-gamma; pneumonitis; lymphocytic alveolitis; pulmonary infection
Gold Answer: cytomegalovirus
Topic 44 EMAT: TEST
Diagnosis: paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Answers: Hb electrophoresis; stability tests; genetic workup; renal biopsy; laboratory evaluation; ham test; sugar water tests; phosphatase; cd55; cd59; ultrasonography
Gold Answer: flow cytometry
Topic 53 EMAT: TREATMENT
Diagnosis: Dengue
Answers: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; fluid replacement; methylprednisolone; acetaminophen; bed rest; isotonic fluids; starch; dextran; albumin; physiotherapy; methotextrate; analgesics
Gold Answers: supportive care, analgesics, fluid management