“Electronic Pediatrician”, a non-machine learning prototype artificial intelligence software for pediatric computer-assisted pathophysiologic diagnosis ― general presentation

Figure 1 The 24 distinct real diagnoses of the tested group (as established by the medical doctor).

Figure 2 The average list-index of real positive-diagnoses in the list of Electronic Pediatrician-predicted diagnoses for each of the 34 tested child-patients. RPDs: Real positive-diagnoses; LPD: List of Electronic Pediatrician-predicted diagnoses.

Figure 3 The interface of Electronic Pediatrician.

Figure 4 A simple test in which Electronic Pediatrician provides two distinct lists of all possible clusters and all possible diseases respectively for one single symptom: “cough”. A: The sign “cough” (“tuse” in Romanian) inserted in the list dedicated to the clinico-paraclinical picture (CPP); B: The possible clusters identified by Electronic Pediatrician (EPed) to explain “cough” listed in the list of (all) possible clusters (LPC) (“100%T” means that all those clusters cover the CPP by 100%, because the “cough” is the only inserted clinical sign in this example): (1) Bronchitis (a cluster defined by EPed as an inflammation of bronchi); (2) Bronchiolitis (a cluster defined by EPed as an inflammation of bronchioli); (3) Bronchiolitis obliterans; (4) Carditis (pancarditis); (5) Systemic dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; (6) Broncho-esophageal fistula; (7) Tracheo-esophageal fistula; (8) Respiratory failure; (9) Pericarditis; (10) Gastroesophageal reflux disease; (11) Rhinitis; and (12) Functional respiratory syndrome of obstructive type; C: The possible diseases identified by EPed to explain all the clusters that may imply “cough” listed in the list of (all) possible disease (LPD) (listed in the descending order of CSD): (1) Viral pneumonia (CSD = 1.6); (2) Bronchiolitis (CSD = 1.3); (3) Tuberculosis (CSD = 1.2); (4) Bacterial pneumonia (CSD = 1); (5) Congenital broncho-esophageal fistula (CSD = 0.8); (6) Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula (CSD = 0.8); (7) Viral URTI (CSD = 0.8); (8) Asthma (CSD = 0.8); (9) Cystic fibrosis (CSD = 0.7); (10) Scarlet fever (CSD = 0.6); (11) COVID-19 (CSD = 0.6); (12) Measles (CSD = 0.5); (13) Bacterial epiglottitis (CSD = 0.5); (14) Acute viral diarrhea (CSD = 0.4); (15) Influenza (CSD = 0.3); (16) Bacterial URTI (0.3); (17) Viral laryngeal tracheitis (croup) (CSD = 0.3); (18) Chickenpox (CSD = 0.3); (19) Infectious mononucleosis with EBV or/and CMV (CSD = 0.3); (20) Peptic ulcer (CSD = 0.2); (21) Gastroesophageal reflux disease (CSD = 0.2); (22) Hiatal hernia (CSD = 0.2); (23) Roseola infantum (6^th childhood disease) (CSD = 0.2); and (24) Acute rheumatoid arthritis (CSD = 0.2) etc.