The number of patients with little or no aftermath after a stroke (CVA) has tripled in the United Kingdom thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), the British Department of Health announced on Monday.
Developed by a company based in Oxford, the Brainomix e-Stroke system reduces diagnosis by more than an hour and allows you to quickly choose the most appropriate treatment.
Its use, in 111,000 suspected stroke cases, increased the number of patients with no or mild disability from 16% to 48%.
AI supports decision-making in the interpretation of brain scans, so that the patient receives “the right treatment, in the right place, at the right time”, the British ministry underlines.
More than 85,000 people in England suffer a stroke each year.
The Department of Health cites the example of Carol Wilson, a teaching assistant and grandmother, who suffered severe cramps in June 2021 and rapidly lost her sight and the use of her limbs. The ‘software’ made it possible to quickly diagnose a blood clot in the brain and to opt for a thrombectomy.
“I was able to sit up and text my family the same day, come home and walk again about two days after having a stroke,” said the Briton.
Timothy Ferris, director of transformation for the public health system (NHS), underlined that “every minute saved during the initial hospital assessment of people with stroke symptoms dramatically increases the likelihood that a patient will leave hospital healthy”.
Source: DN
