In the UK, the number of patients with little or no sequelae after a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) has tripled thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), the UK Department of Health said on Tuesday.
The system was developed by an Oxford-based company Brainomix e-Stroke shortens the diagnosis by more than an hour and allows you to quickly select the most appropriate treatment.
Its use in 111,000 cases of suspected stroke increased the rate of patients with no or mild disabilities from 16% to 48%.
The AI offers decision-making aids in the interpretation of brain scans in order to give the patient “the right treatment, in the right place, at the right time”, the ministry emphasizes.
More than 85,000 people in England suffer a stroke each year.
The Department of Health cites the example of Carol Wilson, teaching assistant and grandmother, who suffered severe convulsions in June 2021 and rapidly lost sight and use of her limbs. The software made it possible to quickly diagnose a blood clot in the brain and decide on a thrombectomy.
“I was able to sit up the same day and write to my family and walk home and walk about two days after having a stroke,” she testified.
“Every minute saved in the initial in-hospital assessment of people with stroke symptoms dramatically improves a patient’s chances of leaving the hospital healthy,” said Dr. Timothy Ferris, Director of Transformation in the Public Health System (NHS).