Detecting central apneas using multichannel signals in premature infants

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Objective. Monitoring of apnea of prematurity, performed in neonatal intensive care units by detecting central apneas (CAs) in the respiratory traces, is characterized by a high number of false alarms. A two-step approach consisting of a threshold-based apneic event detection algorithm followed by a machine learning model was recently presented in literature aiming to improve CA detection. However, since this is characterized by high complexity and low precision, we developed a new direct approach that only consists of a detection model based on machine learning directly working with multichannel signals.Approach. The dataset used in this study consisted of 48 h of ECG, chest impedance and peripheral oxygen saturation extracted from 10 premature infants. CAs were labeled by two clinical experts. 47 features were extracted from time series using 30 s moving windows with an overlap of 5 s and evaluated in sets of 4 consecutive moving windows, in a similar way to what was indicated for the two-step approach. An undersampling method was used to reduce imbalance in the training set while aiming at increasing precision. A detection model using logistic regression with elastic net penalty and leave-one-patient-out cross-validation was then tested on the full dataset.Main results. This detection model returned a mean area under the receiver operating characteristic curve value equal to 0.86 and, after the selection of a FPR equal to 0.1 and the use of smoothing, an increased precision (0.50 versus 0.42) at the expense of a decrease in recall (0.70 versus 0.78) compared to the two-step approach around suspected apneic events.Significance. The new direct approach guaranteed correct detections for more than 81% of CAs with lengthL≥ 20 s, which are considered among the most threatening apneic events for premature infants. These results require additional verifications using more extensive datasets but could lead to promising applications in clinical practice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

Physiological measurement - 45(2024), 2 vom: 28. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Varisco, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Kommers, Deedee [VerfasserIn]
Cottaar, Eduardus J E [VerfasserIn]
Andriessen, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Long, Xi [VerfasserIn]
van Pul, Carola [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apnea of prematurity
Central apnea
Journal Article
Machine learning
Prematurity
Signal processing

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Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1088/1361-6579/ad2291

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367621339