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Mean arterial pressure is all you need in a machine learning model for mean arterial pressure prediction

Eur J AnaesthesiolPublished Retrospective observational cohort study

Main finding · ROC AUC, complete training data, internal datasetResult — go to the resultMaximum difference of ROC AUC 0.006

Authors' conclusion

Predicting MAP below 65 mmHg within 5, 10, 15 and 20 min for patients with and without a MAP above 65 mmHg is possible and requires only MAP as input for machine learning models.

Study context

Population
Adults with invasively measured BP, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria, plus MIMIC-III-WDB and VitalDBanalysed
Participants
2,346 / 4,741 / 3,357
Exposure
Machine learning models using previous IBP/mean arterial pressure (MAP) values vs last measured MAP as trivial estimator (baseline)
  • Internal datasetn = 2,346
  • MIMIC-III-WDBn = 4,741
  • VitalDBn = 3,357
Outcome
Model performance in predicting MAP <65 mmHg within a given time frame (prediction horizon 5 to 20 min)
Follow-up
5, 10, 15 and 20 min
Methodological detailsmonocentre, exploratory, machine learning
  • Monocentre
  • Exploratory
  • Machine learning

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

ROC AUC, complete training data, internal dataset

Maximum difference of ROC AUC

0.006

By group

Internal dataset

0.963, 0.946, 0.934 and 0.923

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

OutcomeInternal datasetMaximum difference of ROC AUC
ROC AUC, stable patients with current MAP >65 mmHg (secondary analysis) · 5, 10, 15 and 20 minMachine learning model vs Last measured MAP (baseline) · stable patients0.856, 0.837, 0.821 and 0.8040.051
ROC AUC 5 min0.856
ROC AUC 10 min0.837
ROC AUC 15 min0.821
ROC AUC 20 min0.804

Original publication

Mean arterial pressure is all you need in a machine learning model for mean arterial pressure prediction. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 7 July 2025. doi:10.1097/eja.0000000000002238

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