Development of an AI Assessment System for Pediatric Respiratory Distress : A Prospective Study

Samsung Medical Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pediatric Respiratory Distress

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07370623

2025-09-191

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a multicenter, prospective observational study designed to collect clinical data for the development of a vision-language model-based artificial intelligence system for automated assessment of pediatric respiratory patterns.

The study enrolls pediatric patients aged 0 to 12 years who present to the pediatric emergency departments of participating institutions. Clinical and visual respiratory data are collected along with baseline clinical characteristics, including sex, age, body weight, height, presenting symptoms recorded at emergency department arrival, initial vital signs (body temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation), severity at presentation assessed by the Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS), emergency department management and outcomes such as hospital admission or discharge, and other relevant clinical information.

These data are used for cohort characterization and for the development and evaluation of an AI-based system that aims to automatically analyze pediatric respiratory patterns and support objective respiratory assessment in pediatric emergency care.

Enrollment: 2,200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pediatric patients aged 0 to 12 years who present to participating pediatric emergency departments.
• Patients for whom clinical data, including basic demographic characteristics (e.g., age, body weight), severity at presentation (e.g., KTAS level), vital signs, emergency department management and outcomes, as well as visual respiratory data, are available during emergency care.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients outside the specified age range.
• Patients with insufficient or poor-quality clinical or visual respiratory data.
• Patients whose data cannot be used due to withdrawal of consent or regulatory restrictions.

Trial design

2,200 participants in 1 patient group

Pediatric Emergency Department Patients

Description:

Children aged 0 to 12 years presenting to the pediatric emergency departments of participating institutions. Clinical and visual respiratory data are collected along with baseline clinical characteristics (e.g., age, body weight, height), presenting symptoms, initial vital signs, severity at presentation assessed by the Korean Triage and Acuity Scale (KTAS), and emergency department management, and outcomes such as admission or discharge. All data are collected as part of routine clinical care and used for observational analysis and model development.