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The diagnosis of common pregnancy complications is challenging due to the similarity in signs and symptoms with general pregnancy indicators, especially in settings with scarce resources where access to healthcare professionals, diagnostic tools, and patient record management is limited. This paper presents a rule-based expert system tailored for diagnosing three prevalent maternal complications: preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and maternal sepsis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The risk factors associated with each disease were identified from various sources, including local health facilities and literature reviews. Attributes and rules were then formulated for diagnosing the disease, with a Mamdani-style fuzzy inference system serving as the inference engine. To enhance usability and accessibility, a web-based user interface has been also developed for the expert system. This interface allows users to interact with the system seamlessly, making it easy for them to input relevant information and obtain accurate disease diagnose.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The proposed expert system demonstrated a 94% accuracy rate in identifying the three maternal complications (preeclampsia, GDM, and maternal sepsis) using a set of risk factors. The system was deployed to a custom-designed web-based user interface to improve ease of use.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>With the potential to support health services provided during antenatal care visits and improve pregnant women's health outcomes, this system can be a significant advancement in low-resource setting maternal healthcare.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/20552076241230073","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,2]],"date-time":"2024-02-02T00:16:27Z","timestamp":1706832987000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Rule-based expert system for the diagnosis of maternal complications during pregnancy: For low resource settings"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Birhan Meskelu","family":"Gebremariam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Genet Tadese","family":"Aboye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abebaw Aynewa","family":"Dessalegn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Midwifery, Jimma Institute of Health sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1333-4555","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gizeaddis Lamesgin","family":"Simegn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Biomedical Engineering, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"},{"name":"Artificial Intelligence & Biomedical Imaging Research Lab, Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ogrm.2009.01.001"},{"key":"bibr2-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2196\/21573"},{"key":"bibr3-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.14260\/jemds\/2016\/596"},{"key":"bibr4-20552076241230073","first-page":"460","volume":"91","author":"Garrison A","year":"2015","journal-title":"Am Fam Phys"},{"key":"bibr5-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1155\/2021\/5564668"},{"key":"bibr6-20552076241230073","first-page":"1","volume":"3","author":"Muche AA","year":"2019","journal-title":"BMC Pregnancy Childbirth"},{"key":"bibr7-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjnph-2020-000149"},{"key":"bibr8-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40842-022-00139-w"},{"key":"bibr9-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3126\/ajms.v10i1.21331"},{"key":"bibr10-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajog.2019.01.216"},{"key":"bibr11-20552076241230073","first-page":"1","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2017","journal-title":"Dep Reprod Heal Res World Heal Organ"},{"key":"bibr12-20552076241230073","first-page":"231","volume":"2","author":"Fan S","year":"2020","journal-title":"Matern Med"},{"key":"bibr13-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/IJWH.S310850"},{"key":"bibr14-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2019-034681"},{"key":"bibr15-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6818e1"},{"key":"bibr16-20552076241230073","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Management of diabetes in pregnancy: standards of medical care in diabetes 2019. 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