Health Systems & Services Research | Ethics & Organization in Critical Care & Emergency Medicine | Renal & Gastrointestinal Problems in Critical Care | Respiratory Problems in Critical Care | Sepsis & Multiple Organ Failure in Critical Care
Customized modeling to predict the use of vasopressors in intensive care units
Andre Fialho*, Federico Cismondi, Susana Vieira, Shane Reti, Leo Celi, João Sousa, Stan Finkelstein
*Corresponding author: Andre Fialho
Systems Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
F1000Posters 2012, 3: 357 (poster) [English]
Poster [732.17 KB]
Presented at
32nd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) 2012,
20 - 23 Mar 2012, P265
Our goal in this work was to develop predictive risk models for the impending use of vasopressors in an intensive care unit (ICU), and to make model comparisons between the general population and patients with pneumonia and pancreatitis.
Significantly more accurate and well-calibrated models were developed for the two subpopulations – pneumonia and pancreatitis – than for the general population of ICU patients. This finding challenges one-model-fits-all approaches to overall predictive risk modeling and instead supports tailored modeling.
No relevant competing interests disclosed.
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