Self-supervised machine learning using adult inpatient data produces effective models for pediatric clinical prediction tasks.
Joshua LemmonLin Lawrence GuoEthan SteinbergKeith E MorseScott Lanyon FlemingCatherine AftandilianStephen R PfohlJose D PosadaNigam Haresh ShahJason FriesLillian SungPublished in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (2023)
Self-supervised learning in adult inpatients was noninferior to logistic regression models trained in pediatric inpatients. This finding suggests transferability of self-supervised models trained in adult patients to pediatric patients, without requiring costly model retraining.