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Patient selection, however, remains difficult.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n OBJECTIVE<\/jats:title>\n To develop a decision algorithm that could be applied at the individual patient level, early in life, to reliably predict persistent NBPP that would benefit from surgery.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n METHODS<\/jats:title>\n Retrospective review of NBPP patients was undertaken. Maternal and neonatal factors were entered into the C5.0 statistical package in R (The R Foundation). A 60\/40 model was employed, whereby 60% of randomized data were used to train the decision tree, while the remaining 40% were used to test the decision tree. The outcome of interest for the decision tree was a severe lesion meeting requirements for surgical candidacy.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n A decision tree prediction algorithm was generated from the entered variables. Variables utilized in the final decision tree included presence of Horner's syndrome, presence of a pseudomeningocele, Narakas grade, clavicle fracture at birth, birth weight >9 lbs, and induction or augmentation of labor. Sensitivity of the decision tree was 0.71, specificity 0.96, positive predictive value 0.94, negative predictive value 0.79, and F1 score 0.81.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n We developed a decision tree prediction algorithm that can be applied shortly after birth to determine surgical candidacy of patients with NBPP, the first of its kind utilizing only maternal and neonatal factors. 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