March 29, 2012 - With AI Assistants are gradually entering the public's home, and many people will use AI to ask for medical insights, but the conclusions given by the corresponding AI are for reference only, and there is a certain degree of "misjudgment" phenomenon.
Image source The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College
According to an article posted on the official public website of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, citing a recent case of a toddler patient, "Xin'er", whose parents, faced with their child's recurring symptoms of coughing and fever, judged the child to be a "common respiratory tract infection" through AI diagnosis on their cell phones alone, and then self-medicated the child, resulting in the death of the child. The parents, faced with their child's recurrent coughing and fever symptoms, judged the child to be a "common respiratory infection" through AI diagnosis on their cell phones, and then administered medication on their own to causestate of an illnessDelay.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College diagnosed that the infant patient "Xin'er" did not have a "common respiratory tract infection" but a "bacterial combined adenovirus infection".Due to the patient's family's trust in AI, the patient's condition was delayed, which eventually led to the expansion of the child's lung inflammation into a viral pneumonia that required hospitalization..
Doctors warn that the corresponding "bacterial combined adenovirus infection" is closely related to the characteristics of the adenovirus, which can remain latent in the lymphatic tissue for a long time, leading to recurring waves of symptoms.If not intervened in time, it may progress to severe pneumonia and even the possibility of death from respiratory failureThe current convenience of AI tools is worth recognizing, but you can't trust them blindly. The convenience of current AI tools is worth recognizing, but not blindly trusting them AI consultationThe conclusions of the study should be followed by a medical professional when it comes to key decisions such as medication diagnosis.
