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ArticleOperative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)2018

Multivariable and Bayesian Network Analysis of Outcome Predictors in Acute Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Review of a Pure Surgical Series in the Post-International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial Era.

Zsolt Zador, Wendy Huang, Matthew Sperrin, Michael T Lawton

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Article in Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic Review of Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence in Intracranial Aneurysm Management.Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zsolt ZadorDepartment of Neurosurgery, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom.
Wendy HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Matthew SperrinFarr Institute, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.
Michael T LawtonDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
University of Manchester · GBFarr Institute · GBManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_13042Medical Research Council MR/K006665/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFollowing the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT), evolving treatment modalities for acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) has changed the case mix of patients undergoing urgent surgical clipping.

objectiveTo update our knowledge on outcome predictors by analyzing admission parameters in a pure surgical series using variable importance ranking and machine learning.

methodsWe reviewed a single surgeon's case series of 226 patients suffering from aSAH treated with urgent surgical clipping. Predictions were made using logistic regression models, and predictive performance was assessed using areas under the receiver operating curve (AUC). We established variable importance ranking using partial Nagelkerke R2 scores. Probabilistic associations between variables were depicted using Bayesian networks, a method of machine learning.

resultsImportance ranking showed that World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grade and age were the most influential outcome prognosticators. Inclusion of only these 2 predictors was sufficient to maintain model performance compared to when all variables were considered (AUC = 0.8222, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.7646-0.88 vs 0.8218, 95% CI: 0.7616-0.8821, respectively, DeLong's P = .992). Bayesian networks showed that age and WFNS grade were associated with several variables such as laboratory results and cardiorespiratory parameters.

conclusionOur study is the first to report early outcomes and formal predictor importance ranking following aSAH in a post-ISAT surgical case series. Models showed good predictive power with fewer relevant predictors than in similar size series. Bayesian networks proved to be a powerful tool in visualizing the widespread association of the 2 key predictors with admission variables, explaining their importance and demonstrating the potential for hypothesis generation.

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Acute DiseaseAdultAgedAneurysm, RupturedArea Under CurveBayes TheoremBrain Damage, ChronicFemaleGlasgow Outcome ScaleHumansIntracranial AneurysmLogistic ModelsMachine LearningMaleMiddle AgedPilot Projects

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PMID28973260
PMCPMC5982204
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