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Traditional predictive models utilize preoperative surgical characteristics. This study evaluated whether integrating postoperative laboratory values and their kinetics could improve outcome prediction.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>91\u00a0794 surgical cases were extracted from electronic health records (EHR) and analyzed to predict bacterial infection as the endpoint. The endpoint was documented in the EHR as ICD-10 by a professional coding team. Variables were grouped as preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative. Strategic imputation was used for postoperative missing laboratory values. Procedure-agnostic prediction models were built incorporating both static and kinetic properties of laboratory values.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The integration of kinetics of laboratory values into a machine learning predictor achieved a recall, precision and ROC AUC at postoperative day 2 of 0.71, 0.69, and 0.83, respectively. Moreover, infection detection outperformed clinician-based decision-making, as reflected by the postoperative timing of antibiotic administration. The analysis identified previously unknown, informative combinations of routine markers from hepatic, renal, and bone marrow functions that predict outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dynamic modelling of postoperative laboratory values enhanced the timeliness and accuracy of infection detection compared with static or preoperative-only models. The integration of explainable machine learning supports clinical interpretation and highlights the contribution of multiple organ systems to postoperative infection risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A surgery-independent workflow integrating time-series values from laboratory parameters to enhance baseline predictors of infection. 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