Summary of Data-driven Machine Learning Approaches For Predicting In-hospital Sepsis Mortality, by Arseniy Shumilov et al.
Data-Driven Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting In-Hospital Sepsis Mortality
by Arseniy Shumilov, Yueting Zhu, Negin Ashrafi, Armin Abdollahi, Greg Placencia, Kamiar Alaei, Maryam Pishgar
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents an interpretable and accurate machine learning model for predicting in-hospital sepsis mortality. The authors developed five models – Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine, and K-Nearest Neighbor – using ICU patient records from the MIMIC-III database. They extracted relevant data through a combination of literature review, clinical input refinement, and Random Forest-based feature selection, identifying the top 35 features. The models were evaluated based on metrics such as accuracy, AUROC, precision, recall, and F1-score. The Random Forest model demonstrated the best performance, achieving an accuracy of 0.90, AUROC of 0.97, precision of 0.93, recall of 0.91, and F1-score of 0.92. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Sepsis is a severe condition that can be fatal if not treated in time. Doctors need to predict whether patients will die or survive while they’re in the hospital so they can give them the right treatment. Machine learning models are trying to help with this prediction, but previous models weren’t very good because they didn’t make sense and couldn’t explain why they made certain predictions. This research tries to fix these problems by creating a model that’s easy to understand and accurate. The researchers used data from hospital records to train the model, which was tested on thousands of patients’ cases. The best model was able to predict whether patients would die or survive with an accuracy of 90%. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Boosting » F1 score » Feature selection » Logistic regression » Machine learning » Nearest neighbor » Precision » Random forest » Recall » Support vector machine
