TY - JOUR
T1 - Deep-learning artificial intelligence analysis of clinical variables predicts mortality in COVID-19 patients
AU - Zhu, Jocelyn S.
AU - Ge, Peilin
AU - Jiang, Chunguo
AU - Zhang, Yong
AU - Li, Xiaoran
AU - Zhao, Zirun
AU - Zhang, Liming
AU - Duong, Tim Q.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Objective: The large number of clinical variables associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection makes it challenging for frontline physicians to effectively triage COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. This study aimed to develop an efficient deep-learning artificial intelligence algorithm to identify top clinical variable predictors and derive a risk stratification score system to help clinicians triage COVID-19 patients. Methods: This retrospective study consisted of 181 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection from January 29, 2020 to March 21, 2020 from a major hospital in Wuhan, China. The primary outcome was mortality. Demographics, comorbidities, vital signs, symptoms, and laboratory tests were collected at initial presentation, totaling 78 clinical variables. A deep-learning algorithm and a risk stratification score system were developed to predict mortality. Data were split into 85% training and 15% testing. Prediction performance was compared with those using COVID-19 severity score, CURB-65 score, and pneumonia severity index (PSI). Results: Of the 181 COVID-19 patients, 39 expired and 142 survived. Five top predictors of mortality were D-dimer, O2 Index, neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio, C-reactive protein, and lactate dehydrogenase. The top 5 predictors and the resultant risk score yielded, respectively, an area under curve (AUC) of 0.968 (95% CI = 0.87–1.0) and 0.954 (95% CI = 0.80–0.99) for the testing dataset. Our models outperformed COVID-19 severity score (AUC = 0.756), CURB-65 score (AUC = 0.671), and PSI (AUC = 0.838). The mortality rates for our risk stratification scores (0–5) were 0%, 0%, 6.7%, 18.2%, 67.7%, and 83.3%, respectively. Conclusions: Deep-learning prediction model and the resultant risk stratification score may prove useful in clinical decisionmaking under time-sensitive and resource-constrained environment.
AB - Objective: The large number of clinical variables associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection makes it challenging for frontline physicians to effectively triage COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. This study aimed to develop an efficient deep-learning artificial intelligence algorithm to identify top clinical variable predictors and derive a risk stratification score system to help clinicians triage COVID-19 patients. Methods: This retrospective study consisted of 181 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection from January 29, 2020 to March 21, 2020 from a major hospital in Wuhan, China. The primary outcome was mortality. Demographics, comorbidities, vital signs, symptoms, and laboratory tests were collected at initial presentation, totaling 78 clinical variables. A deep-learning algorithm and a risk stratification score system were developed to predict mortality. Data were split into 85% training and 15% testing. Prediction performance was compared with those using COVID-19 severity score, CURB-65 score, and pneumonia severity index (PSI). Results: Of the 181 COVID-19 patients, 39 expired and 142 survived. Five top predictors of mortality were D-dimer, O2 Index, neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio, C-reactive protein, and lactate dehydrogenase. The top 5 predictors and the resultant risk score yielded, respectively, an area under curve (AUC) of 0.968 (95% CI = 0.87–1.0) and 0.954 (95% CI = 0.80–0.99) for the testing dataset. Our models outperformed COVID-19 severity score (AUC = 0.756), CURB-65 score (AUC = 0.671), and PSI (AUC = 0.838). The mortality rates for our risk stratification scores (0–5) were 0%, 0%, 6.7%, 18.2%, 67.7%, and 83.3%, respectively. Conclusions: Deep-learning prediction model and the resultant risk stratification score may prove useful in clinical decisionmaking under time-sensitive and resource-constrained environment.
KW - artificial intelligence
KW - coronavirus
KW - machine learning
KW - pneumonia
KW - prediction model
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U2 - 10.1002/emp2.12205
DO - 10.1002/emp2.12205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091884513
SN - 2688-1152
VL - 1
SP - 1364
EP - 1373
JO - JACEP Open
JF - JACEP Open
IS - 6
ER -