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48 results for individual patient predictions

Study shows model uncertainty is crucial for medical predictions, especially for individual patients.

problem Uncertainty in medical predictions, especially for individual patients.
method Used RNN ensembles and various Bayesian RNNs to analyze model uncertainty.
result RNNs with only Bayesian embeddings are more efficient for capturing model uncertainty.

Machine learning predicts biologic therapy outcomes in psoriasis patients.

problem Predicting long-term biologic therapy outcomes in psoriasis patients.
method Machine learning algorithms were used to predict drug discontinuation and treatment duration.
result Machine learning models accurately predict outcomes with high diagnostic accuracy and low MAE.

Improved forecasting of suicide attempts using LSGPs for patients with little data.

problem Challenges in predicting suicide attempts due to their rarity and patient heterogeneity.
method Introduced Latent Similarity Gaussian Processes (LSGPs) to capture patient heterogeneity.
result LSGPs outperform baseline models, even without kernel-design, and offer new insights into patient similarity.

An accurate model of a patient's individual survival distribution can help determine the appropriate treatment for terminal patients. Unfortunately, risk scores (e.g., from Cox Proportional Hazard models) do not provide survival probabilities, single-time probability models (e.g., the Gail model, predicting 5 year prob…

2018-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves prediction accuracy for low-risk patients in healthcare.

problem Machine learning models often focus on high-risk patients, ignoring low-risk ones.
method Proposed a new log-likelihood formulation to minimize proportional rate error.
result Improved prediction accuracy for low-risk patients in EHR data.

This research improves transparency in RNN predictions of ICU mortality risk.

problem Lack of transparency in RNNs' healthcare predictions.
method Introduced Learned Binary Masks (LBM) and KernelSHAP for identifying EMR variables' contributions to RNN risk of mortality predictions.
result Attribution matrices show each input feature's contribution to RNN predictions, facilitating analysis of the model and its predictions.

New diagnostics detect variability in individual risk estimates from machine learning models in healthcare.

problem Variability in individual risk estimates from machine learning models in healthcare, leading to unreliable treatment decisions.
method Proposed evaluation framework using empirical prediction interval width and empirical decision flip rate diagnostics.
result Randomness in optimization and initialization can lead to substantial individual-level variability in risk estimates, affecting clinical decisions.

Identifies patient-specific root causes of disease using structural equation models.

problem Detecting significant variables in complex diseases that differ between patients.
method Defining patient-specific root causes as exogenous errors in a structural equation model, quantifying predictivity using Shapley values, and developing a fast algorithm called Root Causal Inference.
result Significant improvements in accuracy by uncovering root causes with large effect sizes at the individual level but clinically insignificant effect sizes at the group level.

Study predicts when ALS patients will lose speech, swallowing, etc. based on covariates.

problem Predicting when ALS patients will experience significant functional decline.
method Multi-event survival analysis, covariate-based models.
result Covariate-based models outperform Kaplan-Meier estimator in predicting time-to-event outcomes.

Machine learning predicts trauma patient mortality risk.

problem Predicting mortality risk in trauma patients using traditional regression models.
method Transfer learning-based machine learning algorithm applied to trauma patient data.
result Machine learning model achieved similar performance to contemporary models without restrictive criteria.

Predicts clinical events using a landmark approach with machine learning for large biomarker histories.

problem Dynamic prediction of clinical events from large biomarker histories.
method Landmark approach extended to endogenous markers history combined with machine learning methods for survival data.
result Superlearner combining regularized regressions and random survival forests outperforms standard survival models.

Study on how imprecise medical data affects predictions in hyperthyroidism.

problem Impact of imprecise medical data on prediction results.
method Formulated a model for data imprecisions, generated imprecise samples, defined measures to evaluate impacts, and performed experiments.
result Small imprecisions can lead to large ranges of predicted results, potentially causing mis-labeling and inappropriate actions.

WRSE predicts dynamic survival distributions in ICU patients.

problem Dynamic assessment of ICU patient mortality risk.
method Non-parametric weighted-resolution ensemble model combining binary classifiers.
result Competitive results with state-of-the-art models, reducing training time.

Multiple Sclerosis is a degenerative condition of the central nervous system that affects nearly 2.5 million of individuals in terms of their physical, cognitive, psychological and social capabilities. Researchers are currently investigating on the use of patient reported outcome measures for the assessment of impact a…

2016-12-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Though suicide is a major public health problem in the US, machine learning methods are not commonly used to predict an individual's risk of attempting/committing suicide. In the present work, starting with an anonymized collection of electronic health records for 522,056 unique, California-resident adolescents, we dev…

2017-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Determining the optimal initial dose for warfarin is a critically important task. Several factors have an impact on the therapeutic dose for individual patients, such as patients' physical attributes (Age, Height, etc.), medication profile, co-morbidities, and metabolic genotypes (CYP2C9 and VKORC1). These wide range f…

2019-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

There is tremendous interest in precision medicine as a means to improve patient outcomes by tailoring treatment to individual characteristics. An individualized treatment rule formalizes precision medicine as a map from patient information to a recommended treatment. A treatment rule is defined to be optimal if it max…

2017-11-28abs ↗pdf ↗

LI-ITR combines flexible ML with interpretable approximations for personalized treatment rules.

problem Combining flexibility and interpretability in personalized treatment rules.
method Uses variational autoencoders and a mixture of interpretable experts.
result Accurately recovers true local coefficients and optimal treatment strategies.

The paper compares methods for estimating individual treatment effects.

problem Estimating the optimal treatment effect for each individual.
method Comparison of machine learning methods for individual treatment effect estimation.
result Combination of Logistic Regression and Difference Score method, as well as Uplift Random Forest method, provides the best prediction accuracy.

Proposes a tool to contrast global vs personalized models in clinical prediction.

problem Balancing global vs personalized models in clinical prediction.
method Localized regression approach using autoencoder for dimension reduction.
result Identification of patient subgroups where global models fall short.

Framework integrates mental disorder measurements for personalized treatment.

problem Optimizing treatment for mental disorders with latent mental states and heterogeneity.
method Measurement theory and multi-layer neural network for complex treatment effects.
result Learned treatment policies outperform alternatives on heterogeneous treatment effects.

Study predicts Type 2 diabetes with 85% accuracy using machine learning.

problem Early detection of Type 2 diabetes improves patient health outcomes.
method Used machine learning algorithms and a weighted ensemble model on patient data.
result Ensemble model achieved 85% accuracy in predicting Type 2 diabetes.

New method optimizes individualized decision rules for precision medicine.

problem Heterogeneous patient responses to treatments.
method Proposes a decision-rule based optimized covariates dependent equivalent (CDE) for individualized decision making.
result Numerical experiments show improved performance in estimating optimal IDRs.

AdaptiveNet tackles disease progression prediction in rheumatoid arthritis using deep neural networks.

problem Predicting disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis using clinical data.
method AdaptiveNet, a novel recurrent neural network architecture, that handles multiple lists of different events and missing data.
result AdaptiveNet outperforms classical baselines in disease progression prediction.