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EMERGENCY MEDICINE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 2023, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2023/1221704
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The overcrowding of the emergency department has negatively impacted critically ill patients and healthcare systems. This study aims to develop predictive models for identifying critical illness in different stages using data from the Korean National Emergency Department Information System.
Overcrowding of emergency department (ED) has put a strain on national healthcare systems and adversely affected the clinical outcomes of critically ill patients. Early identification of critically ill patients prior to ED visits can help induce optimal patient flow and allocate medical resources effectively. This study aims to develop ML-based models for predicting critical illness in the community, paramedic, and hospital stages using Korean National Emergency Department Information System (NEDIS) data. Random forest and light gradient boosting machine (LightGBM) were applied to develop predictive models. The predictive model performance based on AUROC in community stage, paramedic stage, and hospital stage was estimated to be 0.870 (95% CI: 0.869-0.871), 0.897 (95% CI: 0.896-0.898), and 0.950 (95% CI: 0.949-0.950) in random forest and 0.877 (95% CI: 0.876-0.878), 0.899 (95% CI: 0.898-0.900), and 0.950 (95% CI: 0.950-0.951) in LightGBM, respectively. The ML models showed high performance in predicting critical illness using variables available at each stage, which can be helpful in guiding patients to appropriate hospitals according to their severity of illness. Furthermore, a simulation model can be developed for proper allocation of limited medical resources.
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