Neonatal Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques

Table 2

Description of the neonatal disease dataset.

No	Symbol	Feature’s full name	Data type	Description
1	GA	Gestational age	Nominal	It is the period between conception and delivery that has been classified as preterm, term, and post-term
2	Temp	Temperature (°C)	Numeric	It is the specific level of a newborn's body’s heat or cold measured in Celsius (°C)
3	RR	Respiratory rate (bpm)	Numeric	It refers to how many breaths a newborn takes per minute
4	Reflexes	Reflexes	Nominal	It is a newly developed behavioral pattern in neonates
5	APGAR score	Appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration score	Numeric	If the score is between 6 and 0, the newborn is normal. If the score is below 6, the newborn baby needs medical attention
6	Resuscitate	Resuscitate	Nominal	Emergency procedures performed by a doctor to support newborns who are at risk
7	Seizures	Seizures	Nominal	Triggered by sudden, unusual, and excessive neuronal activity in the brain
8	HR	Heart rate (bpm)	Numeric	Is the number of times each minute that newborn heart beats which is normally between 70 and 190 bpm
9	SpO2	Oxygen saturation (pulse oximetry)	Numeric	It is the proportion of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin to nonoxygen-carrying hemoglobin in the blood that is measured in pulse oximetry
10	Crying	Crying	Nominal
11	CRP	C-reactive protein (mg/L)	Numeric	It is the measurement of c-reactive protein in baby blood in milligrams per liter
12	WBC	White blood cells (/μL)	Numeric	It is a measurement of white blood cells
13	LLVW	Low lung volumes and whiteout	Nominal	Complications are caused by changes in lungs that are not well developed. Lung whiteout is the case when the black in a lung field is replaced by white
14	Weight	Weight	Numeric
15	ICSCR	Intercostal subcostal retractions	Nominal	It occurs when the airways are highly resistant or the lungs' compliance is low
16	Grunting	Grunting	Nominal	The sound created by the sudden closing of the glottis
17	Vomiting	Vomiting	Nominal	It is a stomach-content vomit
18	BC	Blood cultures	Nominal	It is the gold standard method for detecting blood bacteria or fungi.
19	AF	Antenatal follow-up	Nominal	Supervision of humans during pregnancy to monitor the progress of a fetus's growth
20	Diseases	Class	Nominal	Target classes containing NEC,; Sepsis, RDS, and perinatal; asphyxia