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Wang et al reported a nomogram for predicting in-hospital mortality for a cancer patient with a nosocomial fungal infection. The authors are from Xi'an Jiaotong University and Baoji Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in China.


Patient selection: cancer patient with nosocomial fungal infection

 

Parameters:

(1) serum albumin in g/L

(2) platelet count in 10^9/L

(3) mechanical ventilation

(4) pulmonary metastases

(5) ECOG performance status

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

serum albumin

>= 30 g/L

1.8

 

< 30 g/L

34.32

platelet count

>= 100 * 10^9/L

0

 

< 100 * 10^9/L

34.2

mechanical ventilation

no

34.2

 

yes

69.6

pulmonary metastases

no

34.2

 

yes

71.4

ECOG performance status

0, 1 or 2

34.2

 

3 or 4

100

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all of the parameters)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 104.4

• maximum score: 309.52

 

value of X =

= (0.0267 * (score)) - 4.966

 

risk of in-hospital mortality =

= 1 / (1+ EXP((-1) * X))

 

Performance:

• The are under the ROC curve is 0.76.


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