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ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2024

Clinical evaluation of a machine learning-based dysphagia risk prediction tool.

Markus Gugatschka, Nina Maria Egger, K Haspl, David Hortobagyi, Stefanie Jauk, Marlies Feiner, Diether Kramer

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Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Markus GugatschkaDepartment of Phoniatrics, ENT University Hospital Graz, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria. markus.gugatschka@medunigraz.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8091-8812
Nina Maria EggerDepartment of Phoniatrics, ENT University Hospital Graz, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
K HasplDepartment of Phoniatrics, ENT University Hospital Graz, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
David HortobagyiDepartment of Phoniatrics, ENT University Hospital Graz, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
Stefanie JaukSteiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft m.b.H. (KAGes), Graz, Austria.
Marlies FeinerDepartment of Phoniatrics, ENT University Hospital Graz, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
Diether KramerSteiermärkische Krankenanstaltengesellschaft m.b.H. (KAGes), Graz, Austria.

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Abstract

purposeThe rise of digitization promotes the development of screening and decision support tools. We sought to validate the results from a machine learning based dysphagia risk prediction tool with clinical evaluation.

methods149 inpatients in the ENT department were evaluated in real time by the risk prediction tool, as well as clinically over a 3-week period. Patients were classified by both as patients at risk/no risk.

resultsThe AUROC, reflecting the discrimination capability of the algorithm, was 0.97. The accuracy achieved 92.6% given an excellent specificity as well as sensitivity of 98% and 82.4% resp. Higher age, as well as male sex and the diagnosis of oropharyngeal malignancies were found more often in patients at risk of dysphagia.

conclusionThe proposed dysphagia risk prediction tool proved to have an outstanding performance in discriminating risk from no risk patients in a prospective clinical setting. It is likely to be particularly useful in settings where there is a lower incidence of patients with dysphagia and less awareness among staff.

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PMCPMC11266195

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