Sepsis is a life-threatening condition triggered by a systemic infection that causes your body to overreact and launch an excessive and highly damaging immune response. Unless promptly diagnosed and treated, it can rapidly progress to multiple-organ failure and death. A number of studies have shown sepsis is becoming ever more prevalent, making it imperative to… Read More »
FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2020 — Sepsis kills more than twice as many people worldwide as once believed, and children in poor regions account for an excessive number of such deaths, researchers say. Sepsis is an out-of-control immune response to infection that harms organs. People who survive sepsis can have lifelong disabilities. In 2017, there were… Read More »
Geisinger has teamed with Big Blue to better diagnose and treat patients with sepsis, a potentially life-threatening condition, using machine learning. By leveraging de-identified electronic health record data for more than 10,500 sepsis patients, Geisinger and IBM scientists developed a model to predict mortality by identifying “descriptive and clinical features,” such as age, prior cancer… Read More »
Time is of the essence when it comes to detecting sepsis—the deadly condition has no clear time of onset and no clear biomarker, making it difficult to diagnose. To address the problem, the Duke Institute for Health Innovation has developed an artificial intelligence system to help clinicians identify patients in the early stages of sepsis… Read More »
A man who woke from a coma to discover both his arms and legs had been amputated and part of his face removed has called for mandatory training on sepsis for NHS staff. Sepsis, or blood poisoning, is a rare but serious complication of an infection, which can have devastating consequences if not treated quickly.… Read More »
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A health campaigner whose son died of sepsis carried his ashes in a teddy bear as she visited Buckingham Palace to collect an honour. Melissa Mead’s son William died of blood poisoning following a chest infection in 2014. She was presented with an MBE by the Prince of Wales for services to raising awareness of… Read More »