From: Predicting hospital-acquired pneumonia among schizophrenic patients: a machine learning approach
Variables | Measurement | Definition | |
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Dependent | Pneumonia | Discrete | Does the infection patient acquire pneumonia during hospitalization? Yes or No. |
Independent | Gender | Discrete | Gender of the patients, Male or Female. |
Age | Continuous | Age (in years) during hospitalization | |
Clozapine use | Discrete | Have taken clozapine? Yes or No | |
Drug-drug interaction | Discrete | Has the patient taken Clozapine with Fluoxetine/Carpine/Depatec at the same time? | |
Coughing | Discrete | Does the patient have coughs? Yes or No. | |
Dosage | Continuous | The amount of medication taken by patients. | |
Duration of medication | Continuous | The total days patients took Clozapine. | |
Change of leukocyte count | Continuous | The difference of leukocyte count between start hospitalization and reported as infection. | |
Change of neutrophil count | Continuous | The difference of neutrophil count between start hospitalization and reported as infection. | |
Change of blood sugar level | Continuous | The difference of blood sugar between start hospitalization and reported as infection. | |
Change of weight | Continuous | The difference of body weight between start hospitalization and reported as infection. |