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MedNuggetizer: Confidence-Based Information Nugget Extraction from Medical Documents

Gregor Donabauer
Samy Ateia
Udo Kruschwitz
Maximilian Burger
Matthias May
Christian Gilfrich
Maximilian Haas
Julio Ruben Rodas Garzaro
Christoph Eckl
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Abstract

We present MedNuggetizer,this https URLaccess is available upon request.}, a tool for query-driven extraction and clustering of information nuggets from medical documents to support clinicians in exploring underlying medical evidence. Backed by a large language model (LLM), \textit{MedNuggetizer} performs repeated extractions of information nuggets that are then grouped to generate reliable evidence within and across multiple documents. We demonstrate its utility on the clinical use case of \textit{antibiotic prophylaxis before prostate biopsy} by using major urological guidelines and recent PubMed studies as sources of information. Evaluation by domain experts shows that \textit{MedNuggetizer} provides clinicians and researchers with an efficient way to explore long documents and easily extract reliable, query-focused medical evidence.

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