Predicting urinary tract infections in the emergency department with machine learning.
Richard Andrew TaylorChristopher L MooreKei-Hoi CheungCynthia BrandtPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The best performing machine learning algorithm, XGBoost, accurately diagnosed positive urine culture results, and outperformed previously developed models in the literature and several proxies for provider judgment. Future prospective validation is warranted.