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An Effective Machine Learning Approach for Prognosis of Paraquat Poisoning Patients Using Blood Routine Indexes.
- Source :
- Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology; Jan2017, Vol. 120 Issue 1, p86-96, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The early identification of toxic paraquat ( PQ) poisoning in patients is critical to ensure timely and accurate prognosis. Although plasma PQ concentration has been reported as a clinical indicator of PQ poisoning, it is not commonly applied in practice due to the inconvenient necessary instruments and operation. In this study, we explored the use of blood routine indexes to identify the degree of PQ toxicity and/or diagnose PQ poisoning in patients via machine learning approach. Specifically, we developed a method based on support vector machine combined with the feature selection technique to accurately predict PQ poisoning risk status, then tested the method on 79 (42 male and 37 female; 41 living and 38 deceased) patients. The detection method was rigorously evaluated against a real-world data set to determine its accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. Feature selection was also applied to identify the factors correlated with risk status, and the results showed that there are significant differences in blood routine indexes between dead and living PQ-poisoned individuals ( p-value < 0.01). Feature selection also showed that the most important correlated indexes are white blood cell and neutrophils. In conclusion, the toxicity or prognosis of PQ poisoning can be preliminarily ascertained by blood routine testing without PQ concentration data, representing an additional tool and innovative approach to assess the prognosis of PQ poisoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUPPORT vector machines
LEUCOCYTES
NEUTROPHILS
PARAQUAT
MACHINE learning
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17427835
- Volume :
- 120
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120437854
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bcpt.12638