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Newest changes in pediatrics content:

• We added new conditions: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B.
• We did a technical review of pediatrics symptoms, which resulted in a list of improvements. Among changes are: several new risk factors dedicated to the pediatrics population, refined Fever and Eye Discharge classifications, and updated symptoms related to teenagers’ sexuality.

Newest changes in adult content:

• We continued our journey of improving stroke-related interviews. We have redesigned the interview flow around Paresis and Muscle Weakness. This way, we gather more structured and relevant data, which enhances the performance of Stroke, TIA, and other neurological conditions.
• We modeled COVID-19 vaccinations into our diagnostic algorithm. From now on, the differential diagnosis between COVID-19 and other infectious diseases is dependent on the user’s vaccination status, thus it is more accurate.
• We introduced questions about the duration of fever: less than 48h, 3-5 days, more than 5 days. It allows for an easier distinction between acute infectious diseases, malignancies, and rheumatic conditions.
• We added an option to filter out intimate questions and complicated questions (see: API 3.4 update).
• We added minor fixes and improvements.

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Here comes one of the biggest updates of Infermedica’s medical content - we proudly present pediatrics content!

• From now on, our content is simultaneously developed for children of all ages and adults. The summarized number of medical concepts for pediatrics and adults is: 742+ conditions, 1362+ symptoms, and 150+ risk factors.
• Over 200 of the most common pediatric conditions were added to our medical content base. A part of them coincides with what previously functioned for adult users, with the difference in the insides - variations in the course of the disease depending on the age of the end-user were implemented. Newly added pediatrics conditions cover now over 90% of Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) listed for OECD countries.
• Along with the expansion of supported age groups, we changed the way that questions are asked. In pediatrics, those are designed to be answered by parents or caregivers on behalf of younger patients.
• A great number of unique symptoms and over 1,300 new medical concepts were created, tailored to meet the needs of children.
• The external physicians assessed the triage recommendations of pediatrics as safe in 96.7% of the cases.

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Below, you will find a new batch of updates from Infermedica’s medical team:

• In the few upcoming releases, the medical team emphasizes stroke-related issues. This time, we have improved the hierarchy of Paresthesias for a more extensive neurological interview and enriched the symptomatology of Ataxia to differentiate between acute and chronic causes.
• We have reinstituted and improved the performance of diarrheal diseases associated with antibiotics - specifically Clostridium Difficile-associated diarrhea and Antibiotic-associated diarrhea.
• For more precise differentiation between laryngological conditions, from now on we inquire about the duration of Stuffed nose symptoms.
• Conditions like Baker’s cyst and Increased Intracranial Pressure were reviewed. More Triage Tuples were added.
• The prevalence and symptomatology of COVID-19 were rechecked and adjusted to the current epidemiological situation.

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Here comes the pack of updates prepared by Infermedica’s medical team:

• We have introduced Triage Tuples - pairs of symptoms or risk factors, which trigger a higher triage recommendation when they occur together in the interview. For example: Hypertension and Pregnancy, III trimester separately do not yield medical evaluation. Combined in one interview, however, they call for emergency care. All of the triage tuples are based on trusted triage protocols.
• The medical team has introduced the distinction between Viral Rhinosinusitis and Bacterial Rhinosinusitis for a more precise diagnosis, triage, and recommendation for the patient.
• We have enriched the interview regarding Vomiting. From now on, the engine will differentiate better between reasons for Chronic Vomiting and Acute Vomiting.
• Conditions like Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Primary Dysmenorrhea and Premenstrual Syndrome have been reviewed in accordance with the newest guidelines.
• Other minor reviews, guidelines checkups and bug fixes.

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Here comes the medical content update from Infermedica’s doctors!

• We have included COVID-19 into our main diagnostic engine. This means that diagnosing and triaging for COVID-19 will be possible not only on our dedicated COVID-19 Risk Assessment tool but also in our other solutions (Symptom Checker, Call Center Triage, and Chatbot).
• We keep expanding the collection of the conditions affecting teenagers: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, Kawasaki disease, Flatfoot, Growing pains, Nocturnal enuresis, Vitamin A deficiency, Muscular dystrophy and Perthes disease.
• For more accurate triage, we started distinguishing between light rectal bleeding, commonly associated with hemorrhoidal disease, and severe rectal bleeding that demands a prompt medical evaluation.
• The medical team has created a question group regarding blood pressure, which has simplified and organized the information intake.
• Minor bug fixes and maintenance.

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Our medical team is working hard on the very special functionality of our diagnostic platform. The long-awaited update and introduction of triage tools for the pediatric population is coming soon. Stay tuned for the release date!

In the meantime, we want to present you with a couple of improvements to our medical knowledge base. Here are the essentials!

• We have implemented a system for the diagnosis of arrhythmias in the symptom checker. The team has introduced four new conditions, which will ensure a proper and safe triage recommendation for patients with heart rhythm problems:
  • Arrhythmia with a fast heart rate (Stable tachyarrhythmia)
  • Severe arrhythmia with a fast heart rate (Unstable tachyarrhythmia)
  • Arrhythmia with a slow heart rate (Stable bradyarrhythmia)
  • Severe arrhythmia with a slow heart rate (Unstable bradyarrhythmia)
• We are warming up for the introduction of the children's pre-diagnosis and triage functionality. We have reviewed and enriched our set of teenage-specific conditions. The prevalence and symptomatology of many diseases in this group have been double-checked. The team has also introduced a handful of new concepts specific for this age group, like Irregular menstruation in adolescence, Learning disability, and Frequent tobacco smoke exposure.
• We are adding complementary explanations to the most complex medical concepts, like health assessments. Our goal is to give users a broad context of the question, explain challenging medical concepts, and provide short instructions on performing some health assessments, such as measuring the heart rate.
• We continue to enrich our medical knowledge base with common health concerns. We have added Atypical Pneumonia to our set of respiratory conditions. Doctors have reviewed the risk factors associated with excessive alcohol consumption, along with Anaphylaxis and ACE-induced cough.

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During this pandemic, Infermedica is labouring hard making enhancements to its product line. Here’s what’s new!

• We have expanded the dyspnea division: Dyspnea, on exertion, Dyspnea, after a few minutes of walking, Dyspnea, at rest. This change allows for more accurate patient triage.
• Our urological database content has been improved and expanded. The medical team added Phimosis and Paraphimosis, and additionally reviewed Urethritis, Orchitis and Epididymitis, male and female infertility symptoms.
• Furthermore, STDs were updated (we added Chlamydial genitourinary infection and reviewed Gonorrhea and Genital herpes).
• Our gynecological coverage has grown. We introduced a new condition, Painful ovulation.
• To improve the overall accuracy and interview flow, we rebuilt our Edema structure and clarified questions concerning Paresthesia. Additionally, its connections to diseases were readjusted.
• In the psychiatry field, we focused on self-harm behavior. 4 new symptoms were created: Self-injurious thoughts and behavior, Self-injurious behavior, recent, Self-injurious behavior, recent, major, Self-injurious behavior, recent, minor.
• Risk factors concerning common social issues were reviewed: Obesity, Chronic heavy alcohol use, Recent excessive alcohol consumption

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It’s springtime! See the latest updates from the Infermedica team.

• We have introduced new timeframes for Diarrhea symptoms: diarrhea lasting for less than two days; diarrhea lasting between two days and two weeks; diarrhea lasting over 2 weeks. Thanks to this change, the engine is better at differentiating between acute and chronic bowel diseases.
• The gynecological team has split Vaginal bleeding symptom into more granular ones; in non-pregnant women; in pregnancy, light, heavy, painless – to ensure the system recommendation is tailored to every woman’s personal health situation.
• To improve the overall accuracy of our diagnostic algorithm, we are continually enhancing our statistical graph by adding new connections between symptoms and conditions. We considerably expanded the net of connections of Headache and Abdominal pain symptoms.
• We keep on expanding our database of acute, urgent conditions. From now on, we cover thromboembolic incidents (Acute lower limb ischemia, Acute upper limb ischemia), urgent obstetrics conditions (Placenta praevia, Placental abruption), and additional types of trauma (Blunt abdominal trauma, Penetrating abdominal trauma).
• The team has also addressed the common populational illnesses, like Acute stress reaction or Male infertility and Diabetic nephropathy.
• Last, but not least, the whole Infermedica team has released the COVID-19 Risk Assessment – triage application based on the official guidelines established by WHO.

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New Year, new update from Infermedica! What’s new:

• From now on, we can distinguish between Viral and Bacterial gastroenteritis. Thanks to that, recommendations and diagnoses are more accurate.
• We have expanded our collection of day-to-day ailments, like Cervical strain or Unspecific joint pain.
• The team of doctors has updated anemia catalog for improved differential diagnosis between Iron deficiency anemia, Hemorrhagic anemia, Folate deficiency anemia, Aplastic anemia, Pernicious anemia, Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, Hemolytic anemia and Sickle cell anemia.
• The team has refurbished & revived the conditions that occur in South America and Africa, like the Zika virus and the Chikungunya virus.
• The pregnancy-related database of diseases keeps growing. Gestational diabetes and Folate deficiency anemia were added.
• We continue Infermedica’s simple-language commitment. Over 120 questions were reviewed and made easier to understand by the user.

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Autumn is here! The season ushers in a big pack of updates from our team:

• We’ve revolutionized the injuries-related interview. Our customized in-house system, based on established call center triage standards, ensures safe and accurate triage and diagnosis.
• Our products are now capable of providing 5 different pre-clinical triage, based on the severity of the symptoms and conditions - Self-care, Consultation, Consultation within 24 hours, Emergency care and Emergency care with ambulance.
• The Medical team has revised the most common conditions in general practice ensuring their compliance with the latest guidelines and clinical practice.
• We’ve simplified a large number of questions making them clear and concise for every patient. Approximately 250 concepts underwent a meticulous review.
• Our doctors have restructured the psychiatric symptomatology database. With the new, improved symptoms, like Consciousness Disturbances, (both acute and chronic), Fatigue and Cognitive Disturbances, the interview related to psychology and psychiatry is smoother and on point.
• We’ve added gender-appropriate symptoms related to sexually transmitted diseases.

What else have we been working on?

• Expansion of our Fever symptoms range. The symptom Fever greater than 104 °F (40 °C) was added for improved triage and efficient diagnosis of infectious diseases.
• Differentiation between benign bone pain related to common illnesses and pain that may be a cause for concern.
• Other minor fixes and enhancements facilitating diagnostic interview flow.

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Let’s start the summer with a bunch of updates.

• Pregnancy-related content:
  • Now we ask every pregnant woman about her gestational age (which trimester she’s in).
  • Medical team has added Eclampsia, HELLP syndrome and Intra-amniotic infection.
• Current model contains new everyday life diseases, such as Ingrown fingernail, Reflex syncope, and Epistaxis.
• We are now better at recognizing neurological conditions, since we’ve reviewed Seizures, Loss of consciousness and Dizziness.
• As a result of routine quality check, we have enhanced the performance of Hypertensive Urgencies.
• We’ve expanded our psychiatric content by adding Gambling addiction.
• We’ve verified our rarest diseases. The quality of these diagnoses has improved, as we’ve simplified a subset of hard to diagnose conditions.
• We've identified an issue with a risk factor p_22 named Recent travel to Southwestern Asia and subsequently decided to remove it. Please make sure your applications use up-to-date risk factors.

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Check out the latest bunch of updates and improvement from our team:

• We have added some conditions to address common injuries and ailments, i.e. Mechanical back pain, Minor head injury, and Nail injury.
• Our clients' feedback revealed a demand for non-specific, mild complaints, such as cough, abdominal pain, diarrhea, as they are often diagnosed in the primary care setting. We have added them to our knowledge base.
• We have revisited Fever symptoms hierarchy and ensured their quality.
• The medical team has improved the diagnostic reasoning behind the ischemic heart diseases, such as Stable and Unstable Angina Pectoris, Prinzmetal Angina, and Myocardial Infarction.
• We have structured symptoms describing the duration of Chest Pain and location of Paresthesia for even smoother user experience.
• From now on, we ask more precise questions about Palpitations, taking into account the duration and recurrence of symptoms.
• We have enhanced Head trauma risk factor. Now, there is a clear distinction between recent and old head injury.
• There’s more and more gynecology in our knowledge base! For instance, now we can diagnose a patient in Labor.

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A maintenance release that focused on improving underlying statistical models.

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Let's welcome the New Year with an update!

• We have been working hard to considerably expand our medical knowledge base. As a result we have added even more common medical problems, including:
  • Exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases, namely Asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • Injuries, traumas and wound complications.
  • Common dermatological ailments, like Corns and callosities, or Suspicious mole.
  • A handful of symptoms, like Nail biting or Unbearable abdominal pain.
• We have structured a hierarchy of Paresthesia symptoms.
• Data science team has added over 35 new risk factors enriching our epidemiological reasoning.
• Minor improvements to our triage recommendation logic.

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We continue our review of questions to simplify them and make them more understandable.

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We’ve just released a huge model update:

• We’ve edited hundreds of questions that are asked by the inference engine, making them more understandable for users.
• Current model contains new gynecological and traumatological conditions and symptoms.
• We are now better at recognizing and diagnosing headache episodes.

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Another technical release improving accuracy of our diagnostic model.

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A maintenance release that focused on improving underlying statistical models.

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First of all, we've refined underlying connections in the database. Other updates contain:

• New items called “metasymptoms”. When patients describe their symptoms they frequently use phrases like “body aches” or “stomach ache on the right side”. That’s why we’re introducing metasymptoms – observations that are not precise enough to be treated as proper symptoms. Metasymptoms, like symptoms, are available via /search and /parse, so you don't need to change your code.
• Another rearrangement of renal conditions.

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Learn about changes in Abdominal pain and more.

• We've improved the structure of symptoms related to a duration of abdominal pain. Now, the model is better at dealing with complexity of total duration and periods of pain. Besides, questions are simpler and more user-friendly.
• Abdominal pain has new child symptoms. They are related to the character of abdominal pain and its radiation to back.
• We’ve created Postpartum period as key risk factor for Postpartum depression.
• We've added Skin mass greater than 1 cm in diameter (parent symptom for three detailed types of lumps). We’ve removed other four skin-related symptoms.

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Hello in 2018! Let’s kick off the new year sharing some news.

• We’ve rearranged renal conditions and created new item called Acute kidney injury.
• We’ve added new symptoms: Edema, hip joint and Joint pain, during hip movement. As a result, we have improved hip conditions.
• We continue to simplify and rephrase difficult questions.

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The biggest change in this update is Physical injury – the new master risk factor. What do you need to know about it?

• Physical injury does not influence conditions probability, but it can make the interview more accurate.
• We recommend using Physical injury as a potential trigger for subsequent questions about injury-related risk factors.
• If Physical injury is set to present, it prompts a multiple-choice question about underlying risk factors.
• If Physical injury is set to absent, all injury-related risk factors are automatically set to absent too.
• All risk factors related to physical injuries are available on the Diagnosis page.

Other updates:

• We’ve added Tinea capitis condition together with its most typical symptom, Broken hair.
• We’ve replaced Red rings with light centers on skin with more specific Erythema migrans. As a result, we’ve created new parent symptom called Annular skin lesions.
• We continue to simplify symptoms related to dermatological changes.
• Tons of questions are now more user-friendly.

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We've refined medical concepts related to common injuries.

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We have introduced a few, but significant changes, including:

• We've added three new conditions, including Ruptured eardrum (together with Bleeding from ear as a typical symptom).
• We've removed Acute viral tonsillopharyngitis and Rotavirus infection. From now on, the API will return Acute pharyngitis and Gastroenteritis respectively.
• Now, you can handle the diffused abdominal pain with a new Abdominal pain, diffuse symptom.

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We've proofread, corrected and simplified the concepts' names and questions. Furthermore, new symptoms and conditions have been added. Finally, Dermatological changes, penis and Dermatological changes, vulva were merged into one: Dermatological changes, located in the genital area.

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We're exited to share with you hundreds of updates. Now, most of symptoms and many conditions are available in plain language (common_name field). In addition:

• We've added important valve disease.
• The endocrinological conditions were removed – because patients can't tell a difference between them.
• We've updated some dermatological symptoms. Now, patients should understand and distinguish them easily.
• We've removed abbreviations from the lab tests names.

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We focused on simplifying medical concepts and making question easier to understand.

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We've continued to refine the structure of our conditions, symptoms and risk factors. We've minimized a rate of over-confidence of rare conditions.

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We've added new conditions and removed a few overlapping and non-relevant diseases. The accuracy of the model has been re-tested and improved for the common primary care and emergency situations. We've continued refinements of the structure of symptoms and risk factors.

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We added question groups for pain intensity of head and abdomen. We also improved filtering of pre-menopausal symptoms and conditions. A few new conditions have been added and some questions rephrased.

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We're continously extending our model. The structure of conditions was cleaned up (e.g meningitis was removed because its subtypes – like viral meningitis – already exist). Besides, we added some conditions and improved the translations.

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Major update of the model. Introduced new conditions, symptoms and risk factors with a focus on acute medical problems. The structure of symptoms and relations has also been refined. Symptom groups has been cleaned up and reorganized.

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Many new relations have been added and refined in the underlying model. Please make sure you also read through the list of removed elements.