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Stratifying asthma severity in children using cough sound analytic technology
Vinayak Swarnkar1, Udantha Abeyratne1, Jamie Tan2
1School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Summary
This study developed an objective method using cough sound analysis to assess childhood asthma severity. The automated system shows potential for improved clinical management and community programs.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Respiratory Medicine
- Computational Health Informatics
Background:
- Asthma is a prevalent childhood respiratory condition.
- Current asthma severity assessment relies on subjective Pulmonary Score (PS).
- Subjective scoring requires medical expertise and can be challenging to standardize.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an objective method for assessing acute childhood asthma severity.
- To utilize automated cough sound analysis for severity classification.
- To create a tool independent of clinician-dependent inputs.
Main Methods:
- Collected a cough sound dataset from 224 children (103 without asthma, 121 with asthma).
- Developed a machine classifier algorithm using cough sounds and clinical data.
- Evaluated algorithm performance against the Pulmonary Score (PS) on an independent patient set.
Main Results:
- The cough-only model distinguished no/mild asthma from severe asthma.
- A modified respiratory rate calculation was needed to separate very severe disease.
- Asymptomatic children were differentiated from moderate asthma cases using cough sounds alone.
Conclusions:
- The developed method offers an objective measurement of asthma severity.
- This approach can complement existing asthma rating scales.
- It has potential applications in clinical settings and community asthma management programs.
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