By Stephen Beech

Sepsis can be predicted in sick children two days in advance by AI, allowing doctors chance to save their lives.

Artificial intelligence analyzed electronic health records to identify youngsters in the hospital who didn’t have the potentially deadly condition, but were likely to develop it within 48 hours.

Deployment of the state-of-the-art technology allowed doctors to begin life-saving pre-emptive care, say scientists.

Sepsis, resulting from the presence of harmful microorganisms in the blood or other tissues, is a leading cause of death in children worldwide.

Now, American researchers have developed and validated AI models that accurately identify children at high risk of sepsis within 48 hours.

They explained that the predictive models used routine electronic hea

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