A novel nomogram to predict the risk of requiring mechanical ventilation in patients with sepsis within 48 hours of admission: a retrospective analysis

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Introduction

Materials and Methods

Patient definition, inclusion, and exclusion criteria

Retrospective data collection from medical records

Variable screening and predictive model construction

Accuracy and reliability of the nomogram

Comparing the accuracy of the nomogram and other models

Statistical analysis

Results

Baseline data of the enrolled participants

Independent factors that predict the need for mechanical ventilation in patients with sepsis

Establishment of the nomogram

The discriminatiory power, goodness of fit, and clinical accuracy of the model for data in the training set

Validation of the model using patients in the validation group

Comparison of the nomogram and the models established based on SOFA scores and NEWSs

Comparison with other machine-learning models

Discussion

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

The machine learning models based on C5.0, SVM, XGboost and ensemble methods in the modeling group.

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The importance of variables in the machine learning models.

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The VIFs of variables in modeling group.

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The P values between variables and logitp by boxTidwell test.

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Code.

Crp, high sensitivity -C reactive protein; Alt, Alanine transaminase; Tg, Triglyceride; Tbi, Total bilirubin; Cr Creatinine; Lac, Lactic acid; Bnp, pro-brain natriuretic peptide; Che, Cholinesterase; Pt, Prothrombin time; D.d, D-dimer; K, Potassium; Na, Sodium; Mg, Magnesium; Ca Calcium; Wbc, White blood cell; Hbg, Hemoglobin; Plt, Platelet; Glob, Globulin; Spo2, pules oxygen saturation; T, Temperature; Map, mean arterial pressure; Hp, Heart rate ;R, Breathe rate; GCS, Glasgow coma score; Clugd, Chronic lung disease; Chd, Chronic heart disease; Cld, Chronic liver disease; Ckd, Chronic kidney disease; Head, Intracranial infection; Lung, Lung infection; Bilinay, Biliary infection; Urinary, Urinary infection; Gastro, Gastrointestinal infection; Sofa, Sequential organ failure assessment; News, Nation Early Warning Score.

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Data.

Crp, high sensitivity -C reactive protein; Alt, Alanine transaminase; Tg, Triglyceride; Tbi, Total bilirubin; Cr Creatinine; Lac, Lactic acid; Bnp, pro-brain natriuretic peptide; Che, Cholinesterase; Pt, Prothrombin time; D.d, D-dimer; K, Potassium; Na, Sodium; Mg, Magnesium; Ca Calcium; Wbc, White blood cell; Hbg, Hemoglobin; Plt, Platelet; Glob, Globulin; Spo2, pules oxygen saturation; T, Temperature; Map, mean arterial pressure; Hp, Heart rate ;R, Breathe rate; GCS, Glasgow coma score; Clugd, Chronic lung disease; Chd, Chronic heart disease; Cld, Chronic liver disease; Ckd, Chronic kidney disease; Head, Intracranial infection; Lung, Lung infection; Bilinay, Biliary infection; Urinary, Urinary infection; Gastro, Gastrointestinal infection; Sofa, Sequential organ failure assessment; News, Nation Early Warning Score.

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Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Bin Wang conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Jian Ouyang performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Rui Xing analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Jiyuan Jiang analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Manzhen Ying conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Human Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

The Ethics Committee of Dongyang People’s Hospital.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data is available in the Supplemental File “data.csv” and code file is available in the Supplemental File “Rhistory.R”.

Funding

The authors received no funding for this work.

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