
Treatment and prevention of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) is crucial in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Elevated ICP is associated with secondary brain injury, and both intensity and duration of an episode of intracranial hypertension, often referred to as "ICP dose," are associated with worse outcomes. Prediction of such harmful episodes of ICP dose could allow for a more proactive and preventive management of TBI, with potential implications on patients' outcomes. The goal of this study was to develop and validate a machine-learning (ML) model to predict potentially harmful ICP doses in patients with severe TBI. The prediction target was defined based on previous studies and included a broad range of doses of elevated ICP that have been associated with poor long-term neurological outcomes. The ML models were used, with minute-by-minute ICP and mean arterial blood pressure signals as inputs. Harmful ICP episodes were predicted with a 30 min forewarning. Models were developed in a multi-center dataset of 290 adult patients with severe TBI and externally validated on 264 patients from the Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (CENTER-TBI) dataset. The external validation of the prediction model on the CENTER-TBI dataset demonstrated good discrimination and calibration (area under the curve: 0.94, accuracy: 0.89, precision: 0.87, sensitivity: 0.78, specificity: 0.94, calibration-in-the-large: 0.03, calibration slope: 0.93). The proposed prediction model provides accurate and timely predictions of harmful doses of ICP on the development and external validation dataset. A future interventional study is needed to assess whether early intervention on the basis of ICP dose predictions will result in improved outcomes.
SELECTION, Adult, CENTER-TBI High-Resolution ICU (HR ICU) Sub-Study Participants and Investigators, Intracranial Pressure, Clinical Neurology, intracranial pressure, Machine Learning, Critical Care Medicine, INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, General & Internal Medicine, Clinical Decision Rules, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Humans, Computer Simulation, Arterial Pressure, Monitoring, Physiologic, SECONDARY INSULT, Science & Technology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, intracranial pressure; intracranial pressure dose; machine learning; prediction; traumatic brain injury;, traumatic brain injury, Neurosciences, ADULT BRAIN INJURY, 3202 Clinical sciences, 1103 Clinical Sciences, prediction, machine learning, intracranial pressure dose, 5202 Biological psychology, Brain Injuries, 3209 Neurosciences, Human medicine, Neurosciences & Neurology, Other, Intracranial Hypertension, 1109 Neurosciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine
SELECTION, Adult, CENTER-TBI High-Resolution ICU (HR ICU) Sub-Study Participants and Investigators, Intracranial Pressure, Clinical Neurology, intracranial pressure, Machine Learning, Critical Care Medicine, INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, General & Internal Medicine, Clinical Decision Rules, Brain Injuries, Traumatic, Humans, Computer Simulation, Arterial Pressure, Monitoring, Physiologic, SECONDARY INSULT, Science & Technology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, intracranial pressure; intracranial pressure dose; machine learning; prediction; traumatic brain injury;, traumatic brain injury, Neurosciences, ADULT BRAIN INJURY, 3202 Clinical sciences, 1103 Clinical Sciences, prediction, machine learning, intracranial pressure dose, 5202 Biological psychology, Brain Injuries, 3209 Neurosciences, Human medicine, Neurosciences & Neurology, Other, Intracranial Hypertension, 1109 Neurosciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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