Journal
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-20910-4
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- Ministry of Education, Singapore, under the Social Science Research Council Thematic Grant [MOE2017-SSRTG-030]
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Sepsis is a major cause of death in hospitals, and early prediction and diagnosis are challenging. The study develops an artificial intelligence algorithm using both structured data and unstructured clinical notes, demonstrating high predictive accuracy 12 hours before the onset of sepsis.
Sepsis is a leading cause of death in hospitals. Early prediction and diagnosis of sepsis, which is critical in reducing mortality, is challenging as many of its signs and symptoms are similar to other less critical conditions. We develop an artificial intelligence algorithm, SERA algorithm, which uses both structured data and unstructured clinical notes to predict and diagnose sepsis. We test this algorithm with independent, clinical notes and achieve high predictive accuracy 12 hours before the onset of sepsis (AUC 0.94, sensitivity 0.87 and specificity 0.87). We compare the SERA algorithm against physician predictions and show the algorithm's potential to increase the early detection of sepsis by up to 32% and reduce false positives by up to 17%. Mining unstructured clinical notes is shown to improve the algorithm's accuracy compared to using only clinical measures for early warning 12 to 48 hours before the onset of sepsis. Early prediction and diagnosis of sepsis, which is critical in reducing mortality, is challenging as many of its signs and symptoms are similar to other less critical conditions. Here, the authors develop an artificial intelligence algorithm which uses both structured data and unstructured clinical notes to predict sepsis.
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