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¹Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.

|September 22, 2020

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A new machine learning algorithm accurately screens for COVID-19 using basic patient data. This tool aids hospitals with limited polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing capacity.

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Area of Science:

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Machine Learning
Infectious Disease Diagnostics

Background:

Limited global testing capacity for SARS-CoV-2 presents challenges.
Bottlenecks in scaling up polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing hinder widespread diagnosis.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a machine learning algorithm for COVID-19 diagnosis in inpatient settings.
To create a screening tool for hospitals with scarce or unavailable PCR testing.

Main Methods:

Retrospective data collection from UCLA Health System (n=1,455) between March 1 and May 24, 2020.
Utilized demographic and laboratory features for algorithm development.
Tested seven machine learning models, employing an ensemble approach for final classification.

Main Results:

The combined machine learning model achieved an area under the receiver operator curve of 0.91 in the test set (n=392).
Demonstrated high sensitivity (0.93) and acceptable specificity (0.64) for diagnosing COVID-19.
Diagnostic metrics showed excellent performance compared to SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing.

Conclusions:

The developed ensemble machine learning algorithm exhibits strong diagnostic capabilities for COVID-19.
This algorithm can serve as a valuable screening tool in resource-limited hospital environments.
Potential to improve early identification of COVID-19 cases where PCR testing is unavailable.