Using AI to predict risks for pregnancy and delivery

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have found that artificial intelligence can be used to help analyze if pregnant patients can have a safe delivery and avoid complications. The researchers examined more than 700 health factors in more than 66,000 deliveries, according to a recent study published in PLOS ONE. "Utilization of machine-learning–based algorithms may provide a dynamic, cumulative, and individualized model for prediction of outcomes of vaginal delivery and facilitation of intrapartum decision making," the authors wrote. Researchers said to their knowledge, this is the first time that researchers have attempted to apply machine learning algorithms to managing labor. The researchers described their work as the initial step, but a promising indicator, of the use in AI to help reduce pregnancy complications and maternal death.