Key result
An extreme gradient boosting machine learning model successfully predicted 30-day mortality in patients with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery, achieving an AUROC of 0.923.
Why the study?
MINS is associated with increased postoperative mortality, but relevant perioperative factors contributing to mortality have not been fully evaluated.
Can machine learning algorithms accurately predict mortality in patients with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery?
Observational (n=7,629)
No
Can machine learning algorithms accurately predict mortality in patients with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery?
Effect estimate: AUROC 0.923 (95% CI 0.916-0.930)
Machine learning models, specifically extreme gradient boosting, can accurately predict 30-day mortality in patients with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery.
May support ML risk stratification in myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
BACKGROUND: Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) is associated with increased postoperative mortality, but the relevant perioperative factors that contribute to the mortality of patients with MINS have not been fully evaluated. OBJECTIVE: To establish a comprehensive body of knowledge relating to patients with MINS, we researched the best performing predictive model based on machine learning algorithms. METHODS: Using clinical data from 7629 patients with MINS from the clinical data warehouse, we evaluated 8 machine learning algorithms for accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve, and area under the precision-recall curve to investigate the best model for predicting mortality. Feature importance and Shapley Additive Explanations values were analyzed to explain the role of each clinical factor in patients with MINS. RESULTS: Extreme gradient boosting outperformed the other models. The model showed an AUROC of 0.923 (95% CI 0.916-0.930). The AUROC of the model did not decrease in the test data set (0.894, 95% CI 0.86-0.922; P=.06). Antiplatelet drugs prescription, elevated C-reactive protein level, and beta blocker prescription were associated with reduced 30-day mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Predicting the mortality of patients with MINS was shown to be feasible using machine learning. By analyzing the impact of predictors, markers that should be cautiously monitored by clinicians may be identified.
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Shin et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) (n=7,629). Perioperative factors (Extreme gradient boosting model) was evaluated on Predictability of 30-day mortality (AUROC 0.923, 95% CI 0.916-0.930). An extreme gradient boosting machine learning model successfully predicted 30-day mortality in patients with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery, achieving an AUROC of 0.923.
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