Sistema de apoio à decisão na realização e acompanhamento do teste da linguinha

Abstract

Among the most common newborn screening tests we have: ears, eyes, blood, heart and tongue, which evaluates hearing condition, visual condition, blood condition, oxygen saturation and tongue movement, respectively. The context of this work will be the tongue test where it is important to check that the newborn can properly move his tongue, as if he has something obstructing this movement, will present difficulties in the functions which it exercises (swallowing, sucking, talking, chewing, etc.). It is known that identify problems with tongue movement it is not easy, so the aid of computer systems and intelligent processing of information would be a great contribution on attendance and support to health professionals responsible for the test. Thus, this work aims to develop a system for decision support in the implementation and monitoring of tongue test, using artificial neural networks to emit warnings and recommendations in abnormal situations. It is noteworthy that in the design of the artificial neural network was used a database created by actual protocols provided by the experts who accompanied the work.The results were considered satisfactory and relevant by medical experts, especially by the possibilities of improvement in the care of newborns that can be afforded by the use of the system.