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ArticlePloS one2025

pyAKI-An open source solution to automated acute kidney injury classification.

Christian Porschen, Jan Ernsting, Paul Brauckmann, Raphael Weiss, Till Würdemann, Hendrik Booke, Wida Amini, Ludwig Maidowski, Benjamin Risse, Tim Hahn and 1 more

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Christian PorschenDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Müunster, Müunster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5355-4531
Jan ErnstingInstitute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4649-2111
Paul BrauckmannMünster School of Business, FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Münster, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-8163-0989
Raphael WeissDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Müunster, Müunster, Germany.
Till WürdemannDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Müunster, Müunster, Germany.
Hendrik BookeDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Müunster, Müunster, Germany.
Wida AminiDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Müunster, Müunster, Germany.
Ludwig MaidowskiDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Müunster, Müunster, Germany.
Benjamin RisseInstitute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Tim HahnInstitute for, Institute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Thilo von GrooteDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Müunster, Müunster, Germany.

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Abstract

objectiveAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in critically ill patients, affecting up to 50% of patients in the intensive care units. The lack of standardized and open-source tools for applying the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria to time series, requires researchers to implement classification algorithms of their own which is resource intensive and might impact study quality by introducing different interpretations of edge cases. This project introduces pyAKI, an open-source pipeline addressing this gap by providing a comprehensive solution for consistent KDIGO criteria implementation. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe pyAKI pipeline was developed and validated using a subset of the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC)-IV database, a commonly used database in critical care research. We constructed a standardized data model in order to ensure reproducibility. PyAKI implements the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guideline on AKI diagnosis. After implementation of the diagnostic algorithm, using both serum creatinine and urinary output data, pyAKI was tested on a subset of patients and diagnostic accuracy was compared in a comparative analysis against annotations by physicians.

resultsValidation against expert annotations demonstrated pyAKI's robust performance in implementing KDIGO criteria. Comparative analysis revealed its ability to surpass the quality of human labels with an accuracy of 1.0 in all categories. DISCUSSION: The pyAKI pipeline is the first open-source solution for implementing KDIGO criteria in time series data. It provides a standardized data model and a comprehensive solution for consistent AKI classification in research applications for clinicians and data scientists working with AKI data. The pipeline's high accuracy make it a valuable tool for clinical research and decision support systems.

conclusionThis work introduces pyAKI as an open-source solution for implementing the KDIGO criteria for AKI diagnosis using time series data with high accuracy and performance.

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Acute Kidney InjuryAlgorithmsCreatinineCritical IllnessDatabases, FactualHumansIntensive Care UnitsReproducibility of ResultsCreatinine

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