Abstract:
This paper outlines the development a Medical
Expert System for the diagnosis and treatment Hypertension in
Pregnancy to be used in the Reproductive Health Division, at
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. The
Diagnostic and Treatment Expert System for Hypertension in
Pregnancy has so far remained at the testing phase of its life
cycle and is yet to be implemented. During the research, it was
found that there is an acute shortage of specialist obstetricians
in the Reproductive Health Division which implies that there is
also scarce expert knowledge on the diagnosis and treatment of
Hypertension in Pregnancy, yet the condition continues to kill
many women of reproductive age in Kenya, hence the need to
develop the Medical Expert System (MES) as an expert
knowledge sharing tool to be used by other medical personnel
within the Reproductive Health Division who are not specialists
in diagnosis and treatment of Hypertension in Pregnancy