Using supervised machine learning and ICD10 to identify non-accidental trauma in pediatric trauma patients in the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission dataset.

Journal: Child abuse & neglect
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Identifying non-accidental trauma (NAT) in pediatric trauma patients is challenging. We developed a machine learning model that uses demographic characteristics and ICD10 codes to detect the first diagnosis of NAT.

Authors

  • Titus Hou
    University of Illinois College of Medicine - Peoria Campus, Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States of America. Electronic address: thou7@uic.edu.
  • Daniel An
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: dan1@jhmi.edu.
  • Caitlin W Hicks
    Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, 1466The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Elliott Haut
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: ehaut1@jhmi.edu.
  • Isam W Nasr
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: inasr1@jhmi.edu.