Prospective Assessment of a Symptomatic Cerebral Vasospasm Predictive Neural Network Model.

Journal: World neurosurgery
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The author introduced a symptomatic cerebral vasospasm (SCV) prediction model built with freeware based on a 91-patient dataset. In a prospective test group of 22 patients at the same hospital, this model outperformed logistic regression models in vasospasm prediction on the basis of the same datasets. One of the model's limitations was a question of reproducibility in other centers. In this report, the author describes his experience with the prospective use of the model at a different hospital with a different population setting.

Authors

  • Travis M Dumont
    Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Electronic address: tdumont@surgery.arizona.edu.