FDA Approves AI Sepsis Tool That Detects Infection Hours Earlier Than Doctors

Summary: Sepsis is a deadly infection that takes over 350,000 lives in the U.S. every year. It happens when the body has a severe immune response. Usually, doctors have to guess based on signs like a fever or confusion, which can easily look like other sicknesses. Every hour they wait makes it harder for the patient to survive.

Now, the FDA has approved a new AI tool made by Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Suchi Saria helped create it after she sadly lost her nephew to sepsis in 2017. This computer program looks at messy hospital records and spots sepsis up to 48 hours before doctors even suspect it. It acts like an extra set of eyes and ears for doctors and has already cut sepsis deaths by nearly 20% in many hospitals.

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