Machine Learning for Predicting Critical Events Among Hospitalized Children.

Journal: JAMA network open
Published Date:

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Unrecognized deterioration among hospitalized children is associated with a high risk of mortality and morbidity. The current approach to pediatric risk stratification is fragmented, as each hospital unit (emergency, ward, or intensive care) uses different tools for predicting specific outcomes.

Authors

  • Sierra Strutz
    Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison.
  • Huan Liang
    State Key Laboratory for Innovation and Transformation of Luobing Theory; Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research of MOE, NHC, CAMS and Shandong Province; Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
  • Kyle Carey
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  • Fereshteh Bashiri
    Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI, USA.
  • Priti Jani
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  • Emily Gilbert
    Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL.
  • Julie L Fitzgerald
    Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Nicholas Kuehnel
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison.
  • Maya Dewan
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (M Dewan, M Klein, and M Zackoff), Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (C Merritt, M Dewan, and M Zackoff), Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • L Nelson Sanchez-Pinto
    Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Dana Edelson
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL, United States.
  • Majid Afshar
    Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  • Matthew Churpek
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
  • Anoop Mayampurath
    Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.