Development and Validation of a Prediction Model for 1-Year Mortality in Patients With a Hematologic Malignancy Admitted to the ICU

Jan Willem H.L. Boldingh, M. Sesmu Arbous, Bart J. Biemond, Nicole M.A. Blijlevens, Jasper Van Bommel, Murielle G.E.C. Hilkens, Nuray Kusadasi, Marcella C.A. Muller, Vera A. De Vries, The Hematologic Malignancy Admitted on the ICU (HEMA-ICU) Study Group, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Walter M. Van Den Bergh

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES:
To develop and validate a prediction model for 1-year mortality in patients with a hematologic malignancy acutely admitted to the ICU. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study.

SETTING:
Five university hospitals in the Netherlands between 2002 and 2015. PATIENTS: A total of 1097 consecutive patients with a hematologic malignancy were acutely admitted to the ICU for at least 24 h.

INTERVENTIONS:
None.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:
We created a 13-variable model from 22 potential predictors. Key predictors included active disease, age, previous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, mechanical ventilation, lowest platelet count, acute kidney injury, maximum heart rate, and type of malignancy. A bootstrap procedure reduced overfitting and improved the model's generalizability. This involved estimating the optimism in the initial model and shrinking the regression coefficients accordingly in the final model. We assessed performance using internal-external cross-validation by center and compared it with the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II model. Additionally, we evaluated clinical usefulness through decision curve analysis. The overall 1-year mortality rate observed in the study was 62% (95% CI, 59-65). Our 13-variable prediction model demonstrated acceptable calibration and discrimination at internal-external validation across centers (C-statistic 0.70; 95% CI, 0.63-0.77), outperforming the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II model (C-statistic 0.61; 95% CI, 0.57-0.65). Decision curve analysis indicated overall net benefit within a clinically relevant threshold probability range of 60-100% predicted 1-year mortality.

CONCLUSIONS:
Our newly developed 13-variable prediction model predicts 1-year mortality in hematologic malignancy patients admitted to the ICU more accurately than the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II model. This model may aid in shared decision-making regarding the continuation of ICU care and end-of-life considerations.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere1093
Number of pages10
JournalCritical Care Explorations
Volume6
Issue number6
Early online date24 May 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024

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