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Predicting Cardiac Arrest in Children with Heart Disease: A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm.

Priscilla Yu¹, Michael Skinner^2,3, Ivie Esangbedo⁴

¹Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.

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|April 13, 2023

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A machine learning algorithm can predict cardiac arrest in children with heart disease up to an hour before it occurs. This tool shows promise for cardiac arrest prevention in pediatric intensive care units.

Keywords:

cardiac arrest heart disease machine learning pediatrics prediction

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Area of Science:

Pediatric Cardiology
Biomedical Informatics
Machine Learning in Healthcare

Background:

Children with heart disease face a higher risk of cardiac arrest.
Despite advancements in resuscitation, survival rates remain low for this population.
Predictive algorithms using machine learning offer potential for cardiac arrest prevention.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate a novel machine learning algorithm for predicting cardiac arrest in pediatric patients with heart disease.
To compare the performance of machine learning against traditional logistic regression for cardiac arrest prediction.

Main Methods:

Retrospective analysis of electronic health records (EHR) from a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) (2010-2019).
Collected demographic, laboratory, and vital sign data for patients who experienced cardiac arrest and a control group.
Compared a functional gradient boosting machine learning algorithm with time series data against logistic regression.

Main Results:

The machine learning algorithm achieved a peak performance (AUROC 0.85) one hour prior to cardiac arrest.
The algorithm utilized 11 variables from EHR data (vital signs and lab values).
Performance was comparable to a previously developed multivariable logistic regression model.

Conclusions:

A novel machine learning algorithm can predict cardiac arrest in pediatric CICU patients with performance similar to traditional models.
The algorithm, developed on retrospective EHR data, shows promise for real-time clinical decision support.
Further prospective, multicenter validation is necessary before clinical implementation.