Acute kidney injury is common in patients in intensive care units, and predicting which patients are at risk can help clinicians take appropriate preventive measures. Investigators recently developed an artificial intelligence–based model to help make such predictions.
The research will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2022. The study is called “Machine learning for development of a real time AKI risk prediction model in ICU with external validation and federated learning at five medical centers: From model development to clinical application”
Among 16,785 adults admitted to the intensive care unit in 2015–2020 in Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 30% developed acute kidney injury (AKI). An artificial intelligence–based AKI prediction model based on these patients’ data (21 features including urine trend and serum creatine) was validated in patients from 4 other medical centers (2,874, 10,758, 12,299, and 12,483 patients, respectively, with a wide range of AKI incidence of 24.9–67.2%). The model was accurate at predicting acute kidney injury 24 hours ahead of time.
“Early prediction of AKI ahead of 24 hours may help clinicians initiate timely interventions to prevent AKI from happening or alleviate its severity,” says corresponding author Chun-Te Huang, MD, of Taichung Veterans General Hospital, in Taiwan. “Our model could be easily shared and integrated to different hospitals to provide a real-time risk prediction in electronic health information systems.
ASN Kidney Week 2022, a large nephrology meeting, will provide a forum for nephrologists and other kidney health professionals to discuss the latest findings in research and engage in educational sessions related to advances in the care of patients with kidney diseases and related disorders.
