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ArticleScientific reports2023

Development and validation of a prognostic model of survival for classic heatstroke patients: a multicenter study.

Yu Wang, Donglin Li, Zongqian Wu, Chuan Zhong, Shengjie Tang, Haiyang Hu, Pei Lin, Xianqing Yang, Jiangming Liu, Xinyi He and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yu Wang *Department of Emergency Medicine, Rongxian People's Hospital, Rongxian, 643100, China.
Donglin Li *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, 629000, China.
Zongqian WuDepartment of Oncology, Zhongjiang County People's Hospital, Zhongjiang, 618100, China.
Chuan ZhongDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, 629000, China.
Shengjie TangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, 629000, China.
Haiyang HuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, 629000, China.
Pei LinDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Rongxian People's Hospital, Rongxian, 643100, China.
Xianqing YangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Jiang'an County People's Hospital, Jiang'an, 644200, China.
Jiangming LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, 629000, China.
Xinyi HeDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, 637000, China.
Haining ZhouDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, 629000, China. haining_zhou@zmu.edu.cn.
Fake LiuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Jiang'an County People's Hospital, Jiang'an, 644200, China. 15196072452@163.com.
Suizhou Central Hospital · CNCixian People's Hospital · CNJiangxi Provincial People's Hospital · CNNanchong Central Hospital · CNZhongshan People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Classic heatstroke (CHS) is a life-threatening illness characterized by extreme hyperthermia, dysfunction of the central nervous system and multiorgan failure. Accurate predictive models are useful in the treatment decision-making process and risk stratification. This study was to develop and externally validate a prediction model of survival for hospitalized patients with CHS. In this retrospective study, we enrolled patients with CHS who were hospitalized from June 2022 to September 2022 at 3 hospitals in Southwest Sichuan (training cohort) and 1 hospital in Central Sichuan (external validation cohort). Prognostic factors were identified utilizing least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis in the training cohort. A predictive model was developed based on identified prognostic factors, and a nomogram was built for visualization. The areas under the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves (AUCs) and the calibration curve were utilized to assess the prognostic performance of the model in both the training and external validation cohorts. The Kaplan‒Meier method was used to calculate survival rates. A total of 225 patients (median age, 74 [68-80] years) were included. Social isolation, self-care ability, comorbidities, body temperature, heart rate, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), procalcitonin (PCT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and diarrhea were found to have a significant or near-significant association with worse prognosis among hospitalized CHS patients. The AUCs of the model in the training and validation cohorts were 0.994 (95% [CI], 0.975-0.999) and 0.901 (95% [CI], 0.769-0.968), respectively. The model's prediction and actual observation demonstrated strong concordance on the calibration curve regarding 7-day survival probability. According to K‒M survival plots, there were significant differences in survival between the low-risk and high-risk groups in the training and external validation cohorts. We designed and externally validated a prognostic prediction model for CHS. This model has promising predictive performance and could be applied in clinical practice for managing patients with CHS.

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Heat StrokeAgedAged, 80 and overBody TemperatureHumansNomogramsPrognosisRetrospective Studies

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