Publications by authors named "Jometa Bell"
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the use of machine learning (ML) to predict bloodstream infections (BSIs) in children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who underwent intensive chemotherapy at Children's Minnesota from 2005 to 2019.
- Over half (54.7%) of the 95 AML patients experienced BSIs, with higher doses of the chemotherapy drug cytarabine increasing the risk, while levofloxacin-vancomycin prophylaxis significantly reduced it.
- The best ML model utilized was regularized logistic regression, which showed a predictive ability better than traditional methods based on neutropenia and fever, highlighting the potential of ML in clinical settings to manage sensitivity and specificity for BSI diagnosis.
