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Artificial intelligence helps detect sepsis in emergency departments
When Carol Clark was diagnosed with sepsis, a potentially deadly condition caused by her body's response to a foot infection, her future was touch and go. "I was a very, very sick lady," she said. "Thankfully, they didn't want me up there yet." As soon as the ambulance collected Ms Clark from her Guildford home and took her to Westmead Hospital, a computer system began collecting her data. Every blood-pressure and heart-rate check was meticulously recorded into the hospital's electronic medical database.