Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Patients Using Causal SurvivalNet With Serum Chloride and Other Causal Factors: Cross-Country Study

Jing Wang   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Qixiu Li   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Can Xie   ² , PhD ;   Xiaofei Li   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Huikao Wang   ¹ , MSc ;   Wei Xu   ² , PhD ;   Ruyan Lv   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Xiaobing Zhai   ² , PhD ;   Ping Xu   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Kefeng Li   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Xi-Cheng Song   ^{4 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China

² Faculty of Applied Science, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao, Macao

³ Emergency Department, Zigong Fourth People’s Hospital, Zigong, China

⁴ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, China

*these authors contributed equally