Half of all people who have a stroke in England will now recover thanks to a revolutionary AI scan system which increases the number of patients avoiding serious disability.
The NHS has equipped each AVC center in England with rescue software that quickly indicates to doctors if they need to perform emergency surgery and can triple the recovery rate.
Global technology First analyzes the cerebral computed tomography of patients with hospital arriving at the hospital, taking only a minute to identify the type and severity of the stroke and the most appropriate treatment.
This means that doctors can then offer drugs or surgery much faster, the system shortening the average time between patients arriving at the hospital and one hour treatment – from 140 minutes to 79 minutes.
Faster treatment means that the proportion of patients recovering with none or only a slight handicap – defined as reached functional independence – increased from 16% to 48% in System NHS pilots.
Now the tool has been introduced into the 107 stroke centers and could transform the care of the 80,000 people who have a stroke in England each year. The announcement came on the last day of the European Cardiology Society Congress in Madrid, the largest heart conference in the world.
David Hargroves, National Clinical Director of the NHS for stroke, said: “This decision -making technology for AI is revolutionizing the way we help people who have been affected by a stroke.
“It is estimated that a patient loses approximately 2 million brain cells per minute at the start of a stroke, which is why the rapid diagnosis and the treatment are so essential. AI decision support software provides real -time interpretation of patients’s brain analyzes – supporting expert doctors and other NHS staff to make faster treatment decisions.
“The NHS stroke teams have paved the way for the deployment of the AI, and with each center of the stroke now using technology, it already plays a key role in improving the care of thousands of people in England every year.”
A quick intervention is vital if a stroke is suspected. The blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked during a stroke and if it is not treated quickly, it can be deadly or cause permanent long -term disabilities, such as paralysis, memory loss and communication problems.
But it may be difficult to know if patients need an operation or medication, as the interpretation of brain analyzes is complicated and specialized doctors are necessary. The AI system is able to recognize the models in brain scanners that human eyes cannot see, by removing uncertainty and delays in treatment.
Meanwhile, during the Madrid conference, a study revealed how to live on a noisy road can increase the risk of stroke even in the event of minimum pollution.
Doctors advised to seal the windows or move to a quieter room to escape passing traffic, which can cause stress and disturb sleep.
The analysis examined traffic noise and air pollution around houses of 26,723 Danish men aged 65 to 74 years out of four decades. He found an increase of 14.9 dB of traffic noise – the difference between a silent sidtreet and a main road – increased the risk of stroke by 12.4%.
The main author, Dr. Stephan Mayntz, of Odense University Hospital in Denmark, said: “Traffic noise is an important risk factor in stroke, independently associated with a higher risk even at low levels of air pollution.
“These results highlight the need to combat traffic noise within the framework of public health interventions to reduce the burden of strokes. These are not brief strong events; it is chronic noise of the day of the night that disrupts sleep and activates stress routes.”
