[Computerized consult system in gastroenterology].

Expert computer systems proved their efficacy in medicine, being a useful tool of solving complicated diagnostic and therapeutic tasks. One of these is being developed in the field of gastroenterology by the therapists of the Sverdlovsk Medical Institute and mathematicians of the Mathematical and Mechanical Institute of the Ural Department of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The system operates in the language REXX and PASCAL using ES 1045 computer and is able to teach subinterns skills of gastroenterological examinations, to assess professional skills of the gastroenterologist, to consult the internist in complicated diagnostic situations.