A young inventor has been awarded a £15,000 prize for developing a paper-based AI-driven sensor to help identify sepsis in hospital patients by accurately monitoring their respiratory rate.
Someone in the world dies from sepsis every 3.5 seconds and an early diagnosis of the condition could save an estimated 14,000 lives a year in the UK alone, according to the Global Sepsis Alliance. Sepsis occurs when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. The life-threatening condition is reportedly the leading…
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