Methodology for Interpretable Reinforcement Learning for Optimizing Mechanical Ventilation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03105v1
• Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 23:07:24 GMT
• Title: Methodology for Interpretable Reinforcement Learning for Optimizing Mechanical Ventilation
• Authors: Joo Seung Lee, Malini Mahendra, Anil Aswani,
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a methodology for interpretable reinforcement learning using decision trees for mechanical ventilation control. Numerical experiments using MIMIC-III data on the stays of real patients' intensive care unit stays demonstrate that the decision tree policy outperforms the behavior cloning policy.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Mechanical ventilation is a critical life-support intervention that uses a machine to deliver controlled air and oxygen to a patient's lungs, assisting or replacing spontaneous breathing. While several data-driven approaches have been proposed to optimize ventilator control strategies, they often lack interpretability and agreement with general domain knowledge. This paper proposes a methodology for interpretable reinforcement learning (RL) using decision trees for mechanical ventilation control. Using a causal, nonparametric model-based off-policy evaluation, we evaluate the policies in their ability to gain increases in SpO2 while avoiding aggressive ventilator settings which are known to cause ventilator induced lung injuries and other complications. Numerical experiments using MIMIC-III data on the stays of real patients' intensive care unit stays demonstrate that the decision tree policy outperforms the behavior cloning policy and is comparable to state-of-the-art RL policy. Future work concerns better aligning the cost function with medical objectives to generate deeper clinical insights.

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