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ArticlePloS one2018

A dual boundary classifier for predicting acute hypotensive episodes in critical care.

Sakyajit Bhattacharya, Vijay Huddar, Vaibhav Rajan, Chandan K Reddy

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sakyajit BhattacharyaTCS Innovation Labs, Kolkata, India.
Vijay HuddarAmazon, Bangalore, India.
Vaibhav RajanSchool of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-6748-6864
Chandan K ReddyDepartment of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Arlington, United States of America.
National University of Singapore · SGTata Consultancy Services (India) · INVirginia Tech · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An Acute Hypotensive Episode (AHE) is the sudden onset of a sustained period of low blood pressure and is one among the most critical conditions in Intensive Care Units (ICU). Without timely medical care, it can lead to an irreversible organ damage and death. By identifying patients at risk for AHE early, adequate medical intervention can save lives and improve patient outcomes. In this paper, we design a novel dual-boundary classification based approach for identifying patients at risk for AHE. Our algorithm uses only simple summary statistics of past Blood Pressure measurements and can be used in an online environment facilitating real-time updates and prediction. We perform extensive experiments with more than 4,500 patient records and demonstrate that our method outperforms the previous best approaches of AHE prediction. Our method can identify AHE patients two hours in advance of the onset, giving sufficient time for appropriate clinical intervention with nearly 80% sensitivity and at 95% specificity, thus having very few false positives.

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Blood PressureHypotensionMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedModels, CardiovascularCritical CareFemaleHumansMalePredictive Value of Tests

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PMID29474481
PMCPMC5825081
OpenAlexW2793407684

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