Boosted Tree Ensembles for Predicting Postsurgical ICU Mortality

Conference
Authors

Garrick Aden-Buie

Yun Chen

Gina Romero

Rashad Kayal

Hui Yang, Ph.D.

Published

October 7, 2013

Event

INFORMS Annual Meeting

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Real-time monitoring of patient conditions in the ICU environment is essential in supporting clinical decisions and ensuring optimal allocation of medical resources. This study focuses on accurately predicting in-hospital ICU patient mortality utilizing functional profile data. We demonstrate that a boosted trees ensemble model is well suited for the diverse data typologies present in ICU data and provides an interpretable and accurate model to aid clinical experts in critical ICU decisions.