⚡ Quick Summary
This study investigates the use of wearable technology and machine learning to assess the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) in patients undergoing cardiac valvular surgery. The findings indicate that integrating both physiological and clinical data significantly enhances preoperative risk assessment, achieving an AUC of 0.82 with the XGB classifier.
🔍 Key Details
- 📊 Dataset: 100 cardiac valvular surgery patients
- 🧩 Features used: Nocturnal physiological data and clinical records
- ⚙️ Technology: Machine learning classifiers (XGB, LR, RF, SVM, KNN)
- 🏆 Performance: XGB classifier achieved an AUC of 0.82 (± 0.08)
🔑 Key Takeaways
- 📊 PPCs are a significant concern post-cardiac surgery, with a morbidity rate of 22% in the study.
- 💡 Combining physiological and clinical data improves predictive performance over using either dataset alone.
- 🏆 The XGB classifier outperformed other models, highlighting the importance of advanced algorithms in risk assessment.
- 🔍 Feature analysis identified surgical methods, age, and specific physiological metrics as key predictors of PPCs.
- 🌍 This study was conducted at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University.
- 📈 The integration of wearable technology offers a promising avenue for enhancing patient outcomes in surgical settings.
📚 Background
Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are a major source of morbidity and mortality following cardiac valvular surgery. Traditional risk assessment methods often fall short in accurately identifying high-risk patients. The advent of wearable technology and machine learning presents an innovative approach to enhance preoperative evaluations, potentially leading to better surgical outcomes.
🗒️ Study
Conducted from August 2021 to December 2022, this prospective study involved 100 patients undergoing cardiac valvular surgery. Researchers utilized wearable devices to collect nocturnal physiological data during the 24-hour admission period, alongside clinical data extracted from electronic health records. The study aimed to evaluate various machine learning classifiers to determine the most effective model for predicting PPCs.
📈 Results
Out of the 100 patients studied, 22 patients (22%) developed PPCs. The results demonstrated that models incorporating both physiological and clinical features significantly outperformed those using only one type of data. The XGB classifier, which utilized both datasets, achieved an impressive AUC of 0.82 and identified eight significant features associated with PPCs.
🌍 Impact and Implications
The findings from this study underscore the potential of integrating continuous physiological monitoring with clinical data to enhance preoperative risk assessments for PPCs. By leveraging wearable technology and advanced machine learning algorithms, healthcare providers can make more informed decisions, ultimately aiming to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with postoperative complications. This approach could pave the way for improved patient management strategies in cardiac surgery and beyond.
🔮 Conclusion
This research highlights the transformative potential of wearable technology and machine learning in preoperative risk assessment for PPCs. By effectively integrating physiological and clinical data, healthcare professionals can optimize surgical management and improve patient outcomes. The future of cardiac surgery may very well depend on such innovative approaches to patient care.
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Exploring the assessment of post-cardiac valve surgery pulmonary complication risks through the integration of wearable continuous physiological and clinical data.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) following cardiac valvular surgery are characterized by high morbidity, mortality, and economic cost. This study leverages wearable technology and machine learning algorithms to preoperatively identify high-risk individuals, thereby enhancing clinical decision-making for the mitigation of PPCs.
METHODS: A prospective study was conducted at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, from August 2021 to December 2022. We examined 100 cardiac valvular surgery patients, where wearable technology was utilized to collect and analyze nocturnal physiological data at the 24-hour admission, in conjunction with clinical data extraction from the Hospital Information System’s electronic records. We systematically evaluated three different input types (physiological, clinical, and both) and five classifiers (XGB, LR, RF, SVM, KNN) to identify the combination with strong predictive performance for PPCs. Feature selection was conducted using Recursive Feature Elimination with Cross-Validated (RFECV) for each model, yielding an optimal feature subset for each, followed by a grid search to tune hyperparameters. Stratified 5-fold cross-validation was used to evaluate the generalization performance. The significance of AUC differences between models was tested using the DeLong test to determine the optimal prognostic model comprehensively. Additionally, univariate logistic regression analysis was conducted on the features of the best-performing model to understand the impact of individual feature on PPCs.
RESULTS: In this study, 22 patients (22%) developed PPCs. Across classifiers, models combining both physiological and clinical features performed better than physiological or clinical features alone. Specifically, including physiological data in the classification model improved AUC, ACC, F1, and precision by an average of 8.32%, 1.80%, 3.28% and 6.06% compared to using clinical data only. The XGB classifier, utilizing both dataset, achieved the highest performance with an AUC of 0.82 (± 0.08) and identified eight significant features. The DeLong test indicated that the XGB model utilizing the both dataset significantly outperformed the XGB models trained on the physiological or clinical datasets alone. Univariate logistic regression analysis suggested that surgical methods, age, nni_50, and min_ven_in_mean are significantly associated with the occurrence of PPCs.
CONCLUSION: The integration of continuous wearable physiological and clinical data significantly improves preoperative risk assessment for PPCs, which helps to optimize surgical management and reduce PPCs morbidity and mortality.
Author: [‘Li L’, ‘Hu Y’, ‘Yang Z’, ‘Luo Z’, ‘Wang J’, ‘Wang W’, ‘Liu X’, ‘Wang Y’, ‘Fan Y’, ‘Yu P’, ‘Zhang Z’]
Journal: BMC Med Inform Decis Mak
Citation: Li L, et al. Exploring the assessment of post-cardiac valve surgery pulmonary complication risks through the integration of wearable continuous physiological and clinical data. Exploring the assessment of post-cardiac valve surgery pulmonary complication risks through the integration of wearable continuous physiological and clinical data. 2025; 25:47. doi: 10.1186/s12911-025-02875-2