Chloe Longster was dismissed by doctors despite pain from sepsis and pneumonia, according to her mother, Louise Longster. The ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A newly trained AI might be able to help identify children who are at risk of sepsis within the next 48 hours, researchers say. The AI pointed out kids at ...

Sepsis ranks among the deadliest illnesses a child can face. It’s an infection that spirals out of control, causing organ failure and often death. Every second counts. Yet in emergency rooms, doctors ...

Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children, taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5. Sepsis ...

Among pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with high fevers, pinpointing those at risk for developing sepsis “is akin to looking for a needle in the haystack,” said Elizabeth ...

ORLANDO -- For children with suspected or confirmed infection admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), the Phoenix sepsis criteria could be used to identify those at the highest risk of ...

Researchers at Chicago-based Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed AI models that identify children with high risk of developing sepsis within 48 ...

Your immune system protects you by fighting off invaders such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. However, it’s possible for your immune system to overreact in a way that’s harmful to your body. This ...

Sepsis is not contagious, although some contagious infections can lead to sepsis. Some infections are more likely to result in sepsis, and certain people are at higher risk of developing it than ...

A newly trained artificial intelligence (AI) tool might help doctors identify children at risk of sepsis No tools exist to predict sepsis among children presenting at an ER Early treatment could save ...