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Point-of-care biomarkers for predicting sepsis mortality, not from a resource-rich academic center, but from a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania. In this booth interview from PAS 2026, Ben and Daphna sit down with Dr. Abigail Sorensen, a pediatrician now based in East Africa, to discuss how a lasso model combining malnutrition, altered mental status, respiratory distress, and procalcitonin can risk-stratify children with sepsis at the bedside. The lessons here are not just for low-resource settings. They are for anyone trying to identify the sickest kids before it is too late, with the tools already in front of them.

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