An Explainable PCA-XGBoost Model for Predicting Bloodstream Infection in Hemodialysis Patients
Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a life-threatening complication in hemodialysis (HD) patients with catheter-based vascular access, carrying mortality rates of 15–50%, yet early detection remains challenging due to high-dimensional clinical data with significant multicollinearity. This study develops a BSI prediction mod...