Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit

Objective This retrospective cohort study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit. Methods Data of patients meeting the inclusion criteria were extracted from the Medical Inform...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xuefeng Song, Qiang Zhang, Zhijiang Qi, Bo Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of International Medical Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605251340304
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849714764425461760
author Xuefeng Song
Qiang Zhang
Zhijiang Qi
Bo Liu
author_facet Xuefeng Song
Qiang Zhang
Zhijiang Qi
Bo Liu
author_sort Xuefeng Song
collection DOAJ
description Objective This retrospective cohort study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit. Methods Data of patients meeting the inclusion criteria were extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV database, and the patients were randomly allocated into training (n = 3798, 70%) and validation (n = 1629, 30%) cohorts. First-day intensive care unit admission parameters were averaged. Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator regression and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify mortality risk factors in the training cohort, followed by nomogram construction. Model performance was evaluated based on discrimination (area under the curve), calibration (Hosmer–Lemeshow test and bootstrap resampling), and clinical utility (decision curve analysis). Data from emergency intensive care unit were used to perform external validation of the value of the model. Results In total, 5427 patients were included. Age, red cell distribution width, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Acute Physiology Score-III, blood urea nitrogen-to-serum creatinine ratio, anion gap, osmolarity, and sepsis were identified as independent risk factors for hospital mortality. The nomogram demonstrated superior discrimination compared with Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Acute Physiology Score-III in the validation (area under the curve: 0.772 vs. 0.685–0.724) and training (area under the curve: 0.787 vs. 0.708–0.740; p  <   0.05) sets. Calibration and decision curve analyses confirmed robust performance (Hosmer–Lemeshow p  =   0.11; net benefit threshold: 20%–80%). In both cohorts, calibration and decision curve analyses showed that the nomogram had good calibration degree, discriminative ability, and clinical benefits. Data from emergency intensive care unit showed that the area under the curve of the model was 0.7864 (95% confidence interval, 0.76–0.81), area under the curve of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment was 0.7217 (95% confidence interval, 0.69–0.75), and area under the curve of Acute Physiology Score-III was 0.7055 (95% confidence interval, 0.68–0.73). Conclusions This nomogram provides moderate predictive accuracy for hospital mortality in critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia and may aid prognosis assessment.
format Article
id doaj-art-cb4b62c03d0d40168fd78886eeb7b96f
institution DOAJ
issn 1473-2300
language English
publishDate 2025-05-01
publisher SAGE Publishing
record_format Article
series Journal of International Medical Research
spelling doaj-art-cb4b62c03d0d40168fd78886eeb7b96f2025-08-20T03:13:36ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of International Medical Research1473-23002025-05-015310.1177/03000605251340304Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unitXuefeng SongQiang ZhangZhijiang QiBo LiuObjective This retrospective cohort study aimed to develop and validate a nomogram for predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit. Methods Data of patients meeting the inclusion criteria were extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV database, and the patients were randomly allocated into training (n = 3798, 70%) and validation (n = 1629, 30%) cohorts. First-day intensive care unit admission parameters were averaged. Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator regression and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify mortality risk factors in the training cohort, followed by nomogram construction. Model performance was evaluated based on discrimination (area under the curve), calibration (Hosmer–Lemeshow test and bootstrap resampling), and clinical utility (decision curve analysis). Data from emergency intensive care unit were used to perform external validation of the value of the model. Results In total, 5427 patients were included. Age, red cell distribution width, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Acute Physiology Score-III, blood urea nitrogen-to-serum creatinine ratio, anion gap, osmolarity, and sepsis were identified as independent risk factors for hospital mortality. The nomogram demonstrated superior discrimination compared with Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Acute Physiology Score-III in the validation (area under the curve: 0.772 vs. 0.685–0.724) and training (area under the curve: 0.787 vs. 0.708–0.740; p  <   0.05) sets. Calibration and decision curve analyses confirmed robust performance (Hosmer–Lemeshow p  =   0.11; net benefit threshold: 20%–80%). In both cohorts, calibration and decision curve analyses showed that the nomogram had good calibration degree, discriminative ability, and clinical benefits. Data from emergency intensive care unit showed that the area under the curve of the model was 0.7864 (95% confidence interval, 0.76–0.81), area under the curve of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment was 0.7217 (95% confidence interval, 0.69–0.75), and area under the curve of Acute Physiology Score-III was 0.7055 (95% confidence interval, 0.68–0.73). Conclusions This nomogram provides moderate predictive accuracy for hospital mortality in critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia and may aid prognosis assessment.https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605251340304
spellingShingle Xuefeng Song
Qiang Zhang
Zhijiang Qi
Bo Liu
Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit
Journal of International Medical Research
title Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit
title_full Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit
title_fullStr Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit
title_full_unstemmed Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit
title_short Development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit
title_sort development and validation of a predictive model for hospital mortality in patients with community acquired pneumonia admitted to the intensive care unit
url https://doi.org/10.1177/03000605251340304
work_keys_str_mv AT xuefengsong developmentandvalidationofapredictivemodelforhospitalmortalityinpatientswithcommunityacquiredpneumoniaadmittedtotheintensivecareunit
AT qiangzhang developmentandvalidationofapredictivemodelforhospitalmortalityinpatientswithcommunityacquiredpneumoniaadmittedtotheintensivecareunit
AT zhijiangqi developmentandvalidationofapredictivemodelforhospitalmortalityinpatientswithcommunityacquiredpneumoniaadmittedtotheintensivecareunit
AT boliu developmentandvalidationofapredictivemodelforhospitalmortalityinpatientswithcommunityacquiredpneumoniaadmittedtotheintensivecareunit