US authorizes first AI tool to diagnose sepsis

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Prenosis software as the first artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can diagnose sepsis or septicaemia, an infection also known as blood poisoning, the health technology company Prenosis announced this Wednesday.

The tool of Prenosiscall Sepsis ImmunoScoreuses 22 different parameters such as temperature, heart rate and cell count to help doctors assess a patient’s risk of sepsis.

“Leveraging a combination of biomarkers and clinical data through AI, Sepsis ImmunoScore assists in the assessment of the risk of presence or progression of sepsis within 24 hours of patient evaluation in the emergency room or hospital“, indicates the company in a statement.

Sepsis is a complex infection that It affects the entire body and can damage several organs and systems at the same time, since this infection of bacterial origin circulates through the blood and spreads throughout the body.

According to the company, this disease costs the United States health system “billions of dollars“and kills millions of people every year,”more than all cancers combined”.

More than 350,000 adults with sepsis die during hospitalization or are discharged to hospice each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“A solution like Sepsis ImmunoScore has significant potential to save lives, reduce length of hospital stay, and improve compliance with protocols.“, adds the statement.

Sepsis ImmunoScore was created using Prenosis’ Immunix platform, which is based on a data set of more than 100,000 blood samples from 25,000 different patients, according to the release.

Yes ok Prenosis is the first company to receive FDA approval for its AI sepsis diagnostic tool, several organizations have created and launched similar solutions.