Prediction of perioperative transfusions using an artificial neural network.
Steven WalczakVic VelanovichPublished in: PloS one (2020)
ANNs can predict >75% of the patients who will require transfusion and 70% of those who will not. Increasing specificity to 80% still enables a sensitivity of almost 67%. The unique contribution of this research is the utilization of a single ANN model to predict transfusions across a broad range of surgical procedures.