Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39871138›Full record

ArticleBMC infectious diseases2025

Development and internal validation of a metabolism-related model for predicting 30-day mortality in neonatal sepsis.

Xiangwen Tu, Junkun Chen, Wen Liu

Abstract readValidation Study
In one paragraph

Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xiangwen Tu *Laboratory of Eugenics Genetics, GanZhou Women and Children's Health Care Hospital, GanZhou, Jiangxi, China.
Junkun Chen *Laboratory of Eugenics Genetics, GanZhou Women and Children's Health Care Hospital, GanZhou, Jiangxi, China.
Wen LiuNeonatal intensive care Unit, GanZhou Women and Children's Health Care Hospital, GanZhou, Jiangxi, China. 405078799@qq.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveNeonatal sepsis, a severe infectious disease associated with high mortality rates, is characterized by metabolic disturbances that play a crucial role in its progression. The aim of this study is to develop a metabolism-related model for assessing 30-day mortality in neonatal sepsis.

methodsThe clinical data of neonatal sepsis at Ganzhou Women and Children's Health Care Hospital from January 2019 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Neonatal sepsis cases were divided into survival and non-survival groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify the independent risk factors for 30-day mortality. A nomogram model was developed based on these risk factors. Internal validation of the model was performed using 10-fold cross-validation. The predictive performance was evaluated through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and calibration curve analyses. Decision curve analysis (DCA) was conducted to evaluate the clinical applicability of the developed model.

resultsThe study included a total of 156 cases of neonatal sepsis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that alanine(ALA), citrulline(CIT)), octadecanoylcarnitine(C18) and methionine(MET) were identified as independent risk factors for 30-day mortality of neonatal sepsis. The ROC curve showed an area under the curve of AUC = 0.866 (95% CI 0.796-0.936, P < 0.05). The calibration curve and DCA indicated excellent performance of the model.

conclusionThis study establishes a predictive model for neonatal sepsis-associated 30-day mortality, effectively capturing the perturbations in amino acid metabolism and fatty acid oxidation, thereby demonstrating robust predictive capabilities.

Indexed as

Neonatal SepsisFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornLogistic ModelsMaleNomogramsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsROC CurveAcylcarnitinesAmino acidsMortalityNeonatal sepsisPrognosis

Identifiers

PMID39871138
PMCPMC11771113

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.