Journal of Genetic Syndromes & Gene Therapy
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The diagnostic challenge of rare diseases: Lack of knowledge or leaking method?

2^nd World Congress on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs

June 29-30, 2017 London, UK

Shmuel Prints

Clalit Health Service, Israel

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Genet Syndr Gene Ther

Abstract :

Statement of the Problem: Rare diseases usually take an inordinately long time to be diagnosed. This delay is traditionally explained by the low suspicion rate of physicians towards rare disorders, and their lack of knowledge of these items. I would like to propose that this does not consider the main culprit of clinical diagnostic workup, algorithmic search. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: The classification algorithm is a step-by-step process for exclusion from all possible entities except right. In every step, it considers one feature of the case. Depending on whether this case displays the feature or not, the algorithm dictates the next explored sign. There are multiple algorithms or â�?�?classification treesâ�? for the same signs. The recognition of diagnostic symptoms and signs in current medicine is never exact. Therefore, any classification tree has missed diagnoses. For ancient medical traditions and newest insurance imperatives, the best algorithm must have minimal mistakes. The result of this approach is a quick and accurate diagnosis of the most frequent and well-known diseases, and neglect of rare clinical entities. New approaches to medical diagnosis base on machine learning. They traditionally focus on maximizing the recognition rates and suffer from the same defect. Conclusion: To better recognize rare diseases, we need to take a different way to their diagnosis in general.

Biography :

Shmuel Prints is a certified Internal Diseases Specialist with a long-term experience in outpatient practice. He has special interest in Rheumatology & Lung Diseases areas. He acquired his knowledge of statistic methods in medicine from Public Health Training in Ben-Gurion University, Israel. This led to his collaboration with Prof. Leonid Naumov, a Pioneer in algorithm using for medical diagnose. Furthermore, he developed a unique crowd sourcing system for diagnosing rare disorders, based on an understanding of mathematical methods for machine learning. The system's innovation lies in ranking the doctor's presentation of the patient and not the diagnostic assumptions.

Email: www.ndcmedicine.com andyc4pr@gmail.com