semantic_scholarYonsei medical journal2026-08-01
Predictive Modeling of the Need for Tracheostomy after Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using Machine Learning.
Eun-Ji Lee, Byeongkeun Kwon, Suhyeon Kim, Sung Hyeon Noh
TL;DR: The authors' machine learning model effectively predicted the need for tracheostomy in TCSCI patients and may improve outcomes for patients requiring tracheostomy, outperforming other models and achieving the highest performance metrics.
PURPOSE Traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (TCSCI) frequently necessitates mechanical ventilation, and early tracheostomy has been shown to reduce complications in patients requiring prolonged ventilation. This study aimed to develop a machine learning model to predict the nee…