Leveraging the Dynamic Predictive Ability of Robust Joint Models for Early Interventions in the ICU

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Leveraging the Dynamic Predictive Ability of Robust Joint Models for Early Interventions in the ICU

Dr Lisa McFetridge, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast

Partner: Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast

Patients on mechanical ventilation are at risk of serious complications, with early intervention key to improving their prognosis. By leveraging a new intensive care unit (ICU) database within the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, this project will adapt the robust joint models, previously developed by Dr McFetridge, to enable them to be used practically as an early warning system for serious adverse events. This has the potential to create a vital resource to aid ICU staff and, as the adaption of statistical models to real-time use is applicable in a wide range of applications, lead to engaging dissemination events.