How Long do the Heart Failure Inpatients Stay in ICU? Temporal Comorbidity Networks to Assist Clinical Decision Support Systems
摘要
To enhance ICU Length of Stay (LoS) prediction for Heart Failure (HF) patients and unearth valuable clinical insights, this study introduces an underlying system – LoS Prediction and Analysis System (LoS-PAS). It utilizes a Temporal Comorbidity Network (TCN) to analyze patient heterogeneity and comorbidity progression over time. A proposed deep learning model integrates TCN insights, including the novel normalized LoS propensity and comorbidity propensity vector features, to predict ICU LoS in current visit. LoS-PAS provides insights into the driving factors and analyzes comorbidity patterns across age- and gender-stratified subgroups, identifying latent focal diseases and their LoS impact. Validated with real multi-center datasets, LoS-PAS enhances prediction accuracy, offers insights into disease progression, and incorporates visualization tools to assist in clinical decision-making. The results demonstrate that LoS-PAS provides evidence-based, significantly bolstering the clinical decision support system capabilities in predictive analytics and patient care optimization.