Self-supervised machine learning using adult inpatient data produces effective models for pediatric clinical prediction tasks.
Development of electronic health records (EHR)-based machine learning models for pediatric inpatients is challenged by limited training data. Self-supervised learning using adult data may be a promising approach to creating robust pediatric prediction models. The primary objective was to determine whether a self-supervised model trained in adult inpatients was noninferior to logistic regression models trained in pediatric inpatients, for pediatric inpatient clinical prediction tasks.
Author(s): Lemmon, Joshua, Guo, Lin Lawrence, Steinberg, Ethan, Morse, Keith E, Fleming, Scott Lanyon, Aftandilian, Catherine, Pfohl, Stephen R, Posada, Jose D, Shah, Nigam, Fries, Jason, Sung, Lillian
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocad175