Abstract: PO0774
A Machine Learning-Based Predictive Model for Outcome of COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Session Information
- COVID-19: CKD and Transplant Patients
October 22, 2020 | Location: On-Demand
Abstract Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Category: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- 000 Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Authors
- Revuelta, Ignacio, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- Santos-Arteaga, Francisco-Javier, Faculty of Economics and Management. Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
- Montagud-Marrahi, Enrique, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- Ventura-Aguiar, Pedro, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- Di Caprio, Debora, Department of Economics and Management. University of Trento, Trento, Italy
- Cucchiari, David, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- Bayès, Beatriu, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- Poch, Esteban, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- Oppenheimer, Federico, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- Diekmann, Fritz, Department of Nephrology and Kindey Transplant. Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Background
Health systems need tools to deal with COVID-19, especially for high-risk population,such as transplant recipients. Predictive models are necessary to improve management of patients and optimize resources.
Methods
A retrospective study of hospitalized transplant patients due to COVID-19 was evaluated(March 3-April 24,2020). Admission data were integrated to develop a prediction model to evaluate a composite-event defined as Intensive Care Unit admission or intensification treatment with antiinflamatory agents. Predictions were made using a Data Envelopment Analysis(DEA)-Artificial Neural Network(ANN) hybrid, whose accuracy relative to several alternative configurations has been validated through a battery of clustering techniques.
Results
Of 1006 recipients with a planned or an unscheduled visit during the observation period, thirty-eight were admitted due to COVID-19. Twenty-five patients(63.2%) exhibited poor clinical course(mortality rate:13.2%), within a mean of 12 days of admission stay. Cough as a presenting symptom(P=0.000), pneumonia(P=0.011), and levels of LDH(P=0.031) were admission factors associated with poor outcomes. The prediction hybrid model working with a set of 17 input variables displays an accuracy of 96.3%, outperforming any competing model, such as logistic regression(65.5%) and Random forest(denoted by Bagged Trees,44.8%). Moreover, the prediction model allows us to categorize the evolution of patients through the values at hospital admission.
Conclusion
The prediction model based in Data Envelopment Analysis-Artificial Neural Network hybrid forecasts the progression towards severe COVID-19 disease with an accuracy of 96.3%, and may help to guide COVID-19 management by identification of key predictors that permit a sustainable distribution of resources in a patient-centered model.