Laboklin (Germany)

Development and Nationwide Multicentre Evaluation of Guideline-Grounded Large Language Model Chatbots to Support Patient Self-Management and Education in Rheumatology

Patients with rheumatic diseases have persistent information needs that are not fully addressed in routine care. We developed and evaluated guideline-grounded, large language model (LLM) chatbots to support patient self-management and education in rheumatology.Ten disease-specifi...

OsteoCHAT: real-world patient evaluation and benchmarking of a guideline-grounded osteoporosis chatbot

Patients with osteoporosis have information needs that routine care inconsistently addresses. In this multicenter real-world evaluation, the LLM-based, guideline-grounded chatbot OsteoCHAT showed high participant acceptability and achieved expert-rated answer quality comparable t...

EXPRESS: Detection of Mycoplasma species and respiratory pathogens in cats with rhinitis and healthy cats

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of Mycoplasma spp. in cats with rhinitis compared to healthy cats and to evaluate factors associated with detection. Methods: A total of 46 cats with rhinitis and 37 asymptomatic controls were prospectively enrolled. Nasal swabs were coll...