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AI in Critical Care—Use for De-Escalation Rather Than Escalation of Care

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5450

January 05, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint examines the gap between the development of artificial intelligence (AI) models in pediatric intensive care and their use in clinical practice and proposes deployment of AI models during specific phases of care.

Corresponding Author: Avihu Z. Gazit, MD, Division of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (gazitaz@upmc.edu).

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