A Machine Learning Approach Using Statistical Models for Early Detection of Cardiac Arrest in Newborn Babies in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Cardiac arrest in newborn babies is an alarming yet typical medical emergency. Early detection is critical for providing these babies with the best care and treatment. Recent research has focused on identifying the potential indicators and biomarkers of cardiac arrest in newborn babies and developing accurate and efficient diagnostic tools for early detection. An array of imaging techniques, such as echocardiography and computed tomography may help provide early detection of cardiac arrest. This research aims to develop a Cardiac Machine Learning model (CMLM) using statistical models for the early detection of cardiac arrest in newborn babies in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). The cardiac arrest events were identified using a combination of the neonate’s physiological parameters. Statistical modeling techniques, such as logistic regression and support vector machines, were used to construct predictive models for cardiac arrest. The proposed model will be used in the CICU to enable early detection of cardiac arrest in newborn babies. In a training (Tr) comparison region, the proposed CMLA reached 0.912 delta-p value, 0.894 False discovery rate (FDR) value, 0.076 False omission rate (FOR) value, 0.859 prevalence threshold value and 0.842 CSI value. In a testing (Ts) comparison region, the proposed CMLA reached 0.896 delta-p values, 0.878 FDR value, 0.061 FOR value, 0.844 prevalence threshold values and 0.827 CSI value. It will help reduce the mortality and morbidity of newborn babies due to cardiac arrest in the CICU.

Keywords

• Cardiac arrest
• newborn
• early detection
• intensive care unit
• statistical modeling