Prediction of stroke-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: Machine learning approach.

Journal: Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stroke-associated Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) significantly impacts patient outcomes. This study explores the utility of machine learning models in predicting HAP in stroke patients, leveraging national registry data and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis to identify key predictive factors.

Authors

  • Ahmad A Abujaber
    Nursing Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
  • Said Yaseen
    School of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
  • Abdulqadir J Nashwan
    Nursing Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar. anashwan@hamad.qa.
  • Naveed Akhtar
    Neurology Section, Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
  • Yahia Imam
    Neurology Section, Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.