Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia

External validation of a predictive model for reintubation after cardiac surgery: A retrospective, observational study

J Clin AnesthPublished Retrospective observational external validation study of a prediction model

Authors' conclusion

The reintubation model displayed strong discriminative ability and low predictive error within each validation cohort.

Study context

Population
Adults arriving in the cardiac ICU with an ETT in place after cardiac surgery, three US academic medical centres
Participants
1,642 / 2,041 / 2,489
Comparison
Temporal validation vs Combined domain and geographic validation vs Geographic validation
  • Temporal validationn = 1,642
  • Combined domain and geographic validationn = 2,041
  • Geographic validationn = 2,489
Outcome
Discriminative ability and predictive error of a reintubation model after cardiac surgery within each validation cohort
Methodological detailstemporal, geographic and domain validation, three academic medical centres
  • Temporal, geographic and domain validation
  • Three academic medical centres

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Reintubation model performance
Test or modelValueReintubation rateOptimism-corrected c-statisticBrier scoreOptimal F1 score
Temporal validation4.8%4.8%0.770.0440.29
Combined domain and geographic validation1.5%1.5%0.730.01490.13
Geographic validation1.6%1.6%0.710.01520.13

Value

Temporal validation4.8%
Combined domain and geographic validation1.5%
Geographic validation1.6%

Reintubation rate

Temporal validation4.8%
Combined domain and geographic validation1.5%
Geographic validation1.6%

Optimism-corrected c-statistic

Temporal validation0.77
Combined domain and geographic validation0.73
Geographic validation0.71

Brier score

Temporal validation0.044
Combined domain and geographic validation0.0149
Geographic validation0.0152

Optimal F1 score

Temporal validation0.29
Combined domain and geographic validation0.13
Geographic validation0.13

Original publication

External validation of a predictive model for reintubation after cardiac surgery: A retrospective, observational study. J Clin Anesth. Published 24 October 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111295

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