Oct 16, 2022
Computers May Have Cracked the Code to Diagnosing Sepsis
Computers May Have Cracked the Code to Diagnosing Sepsis
This article was originally published in Undark Magazine. Ten years ago, 12-year-old Rory Staunton dove for a ball in gym class and scraped his arm. He woke up the next day with a 104-degree Fahrenheit fever, so his parents took him to the pediatrician and eventually the emergency room. It was just the stomach flu, they were told. Three days later, Rory died of sepsis after bacteria from the…
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