期刊
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
卷 41, 期 3, 页码 248-254出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003344
关键词
early-onset sepsis; risk factors; clinical signs; biomarkers; antibiotic therapy
资金
- Thrasher Foundation [9143]
- NutsOhra Foundation [1101-059]
- Sophia Foundation for Scientific research [681]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [200021_188466]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_188466] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
This study used machine learning to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of risk factors, clinical signs, and biomarkers for neonatal early-onset sepsis. Biomarkers were found to be superior to clinical signs and risk factors in predicting culture-proven sepsis. A prediction model combining a screening tool for all neonates with a higher risk population could potentially reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
Background: Current strategies for risk stratification and prediction of neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS) are inefficient and lack diagnostic performance. The aim of this study was to use machine learning to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of risk factors (RFs), clinical signs and biomarkers and to develop a prediction model for culture-proven EOS. We hypothesized that the contribution to diagnostic accuracy of biomarkers is higher than of RFs or clinical signs. Study Design: Secondary analysis of the prospective international multicenter NeoPInS study. Neonates born after completed 34 weeks of gestation with antibiotic therapy due to suspected EOS within the first 72 hours of life participated. Primary outcome was defined as predictive performance for culture-proven EOS with variables known at the start of antibiotic therapy. Machine learning was used in form of a random forest classifier. Results: One thousand six hundred eighty-five neonates treated for suspected infection were analyzed. Biomarkers were superior to clinical signs and RFs for prediction of culture-proven EOS. C-reactive protein and white blood cells were most important for the prediction of the culture result. Our full model achieved an area-under-the-receiver-operating-characteristic-curve of 83.41% (+/- 8.8%) and an area-under-the-precision-recall-curve of 28.42% (+/- 11.5%). The predictive performance of the model with RFs alone was comparable with random. Conclusions: Biomarkers have to be considered in algorithms for the management of neonates suspected of EOS. A 2-step approach with a screening tool for all neonates in combination with our model in the preselected population with an increased risk for EOS may have the potential to reduce the start of unnecessary antibiotics.
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