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Prognostic evaluation of boys with posterior urethral valves using a recursive feature elimination machine learning framework

Key takeaways

Posterior urethral valves are a birth defect that blocks urine flow in boys and can damage the kidneys over time. Researchers built a computer model that picks out which patient measurements best predict how these boys will do. The model was trained on records of past patients, so it shows patterns linked to outcomes, not causes. It has not been tested on new patients in a trial.

Who did this work

Emilie G. Jaroy (Oslo University Hospital) · Live Lundar (Oslo University Hospital) · Gabriel T. Risa (Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)) · Inger Nina Farstad (Oslo University Hospital) · Gunnar Aksnes (Oslo University Hospital) · Ragnhild Emblem (Oslo University Hospital) · Rune Ougland (University of Oslo)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-08
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2026.1906615