arXiv:2507.18866cs.LG2025-07

用可解释机器学习预测高血压肾病患者30天死亡率,精准且透明。

Early Mortality Prediction in ICU Patients with Hypertensive Kidney Disease Using Interpretable Machine Learning

  • 基于早期临床数据构建可解释的预测模型,融合特征筛选与集成学习。
  • 模型在独立测试集上达到0.88的AUROC,敏感度0.811,特异度0.798。
  • 引入不确定性量化,适合临床决策支持与个体化风险评估。

高血压肾病(HKD)患者在重症监护室(ICU)中面临较高的短期死亡率,但缺乏针对性的风险预测工具。本研究利用MIMIC-IV v2.2数据库中的早期临床数据,构建机器学习框架以预测HKD患者30天院内死亡率。共筛选出1,366名成人患者,排除恶性肿瘤病例。通过随机森林重要性与互信息过滤,选取18项临床特征(包括生命体征、检验指标、合并症及治疗措施)。采用分层五折交叉验证比较多个模型,其中CatBoost表现最优。在独立测试集上,该模型获得0.88的AUROC,敏感度为0.811,特异度为0.798。SHAP值与累积局部效应(ALE)图显示模型依赖于意识改变、血管活性药物使用及凝血状态等有意义变量。此外,结合DREAM算法估算个体患者的风险后验分布,使临床医生可同时评估预测结果及其不确定性。研究提出了一种高精度、可解释的实时风险评估流程,兼具预测性能与不确定性量化,有助于实现个体化分诊与透明化临床决策,具有临床部署潜力,需在更广泛危重症人群中进行外部验证。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Background: Hypertensive kidney disease (HKD) patients in intensive care units (ICUs) face high short-term mortality, but tailored risk prediction tools are lacking. Early identification of high-risk individuals is crucial for clinical decision-making. Methods: We developed a machine learning framework to predict 30-day in-hospital mortality among ICU patients with HKD using early clinical data from the MIMIC-IV v2.2 database. A cohort of 1,366 adults was curated with strict criteria, excluding malignancy cases. Eighteen clinical features-including vital signs, labs, comorbidities, and therapies-were selected via random forest importance and mutual information filtering. Several models were trained and compared with stratified five-fold cross-validation; CatBoost demonstrated the best performance. Results: CatBoost achieved an AUROC of 0.88 on the independent test set, with sensitivity of 0.811 and specificity of 0.798. SHAP values and Accumulated Local Effects (ALE) plots showed the model relied on meaningful predictors such as altered consciousness, vasopressor use, and coagulation status. Additionally, the DREAM algorithm was integrated to estimate patient-specific posterior risk distributions, allowing clinicians to assess both predicted mortality and its uncertainty. Conclusions: We present an interpretable machine learning pipeline for early, real-time risk assessment in ICU patients with HKD. By combining high predictive performance with uncertainty quantification, our model supports individualized triage and transparent clinical decisions. This approach shows promise for clinical deployment and merits external validation in broader critical care populations.

重症监护死亡预测可解释AI风险评估

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