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Authors: Vladimir Estivill-Castro 1 ; Enrique Hernández-Jiménez 2 ; 3 and David F. Nettleton 1

Affiliations: 1 Department of Information and Communications Technology (DTIC), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain ; 2 Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain ; 3 Loop Diagnostics S.L., Barcelona, Spain

Keyword(s): Simulation of Biological Systems, Case Studies, Immune System Response, Model Construction, Rule-induction, Machine Learning.

Abstract: The exceptionally high virulence of COVID-19 and the patients’ precondition seem to constitute primary factors in how pro-inflammatory cytokines production evolves during the course of an infection. We present a System Dynamics Model approach for simulating the patient reaction using two key control parameters (i) virulence, which can be “moderate” or “high” and (ii) patient precondition, which can be “healthy”, “not so healthy” or “serious preconditions”. In particular, we study the behaviour of Inflammatory (M1) Alveolar Macrophages, IL6 and Active Adaptive Immune system as indicators of the immune system response, together with the COVID viral load over time. The results show that it is possible to build an initial model of the system to explore the behaviour of the key attributes involved in the patient condition, virulence and response. The model suggests aspects that need further study so that it can then assist in choosing the correct immunomodulatory treatment, for instance t he regime of application of an Interleukin 6 (IL-6) inhibitor (tocilizumab) that corresponds to the projected immune status of the patients. We introduce machine learning techniques to corroborate aspects of the model and propose that a dynamic model and machine learning techniques could provide a decision support tool to ICU physicians. (More)

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Estivill-Castro, V.; Hernández-Jiménez, E. and Nettleton, D. (2021). A System Dynamics Model Approach for Simulating Hyper-inflammation in Different COVID-19 Patient Scenarios. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - SIMULTECH; ISBN 978-989-758-528-9; ISSN 2184-2841, SciTePress, pages 141-153. DOI: 10.5220/0010600301410153

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title={A System Dynamics Model Approach for Simulating Hyper-inflammation in Different COVID-19 Patient Scenarios},
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year={2021},
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JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - SIMULTECH
TI - A System Dynamics Model Approach for Simulating Hyper-inflammation in Different COVID-19 Patient Scenarios
SN - 978-989-758-528-9
IS - 2184-2841
AU - Estivill-Castro, V.
AU - Hernández-Jiménez, E.
AU - Nettleton, D.
PY - 2021
SP - 141
EP - 153
DO - 10.5220/0010600301410153
PB - SciTePress