Improved Stroke Care in a Primary Stroke Centre Using AI-Decision Support

© 2022 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel..

BACKGROUND: Patient selection for reperfusion therapies requires significant expertise in neuroimaging. Increasingly, machine learning-based analysis is used for faster and standardized patient selection. However, there is little information on how such software influences real-world patient management.

AIMS: We evaluated changes in thrombolysis and thrombectomy delivery following implementation of automated analysis at a high volume primary stroke centre.

METHODS: We retrospectively collected data on consecutive stroke patients admitted to a large university stroke centre from two identical 7-month periods in 2017 and 2018 between which the e-Stroke Suite (Brainomix, Oxford, UK) was implemented to analyse non-contrast CT and CT angiography results. Delivery of stroke care was otherwise unchanged. Patients were transferred to a hub for thrombectomy. We collected the number of patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis and/or thrombectomy, the time to treatment; and outcome at 90 days for thrombectomy.

RESULTS: 399 patients from 2017 and 398 from 2018 were included in the study. From 2017 to 2018, thrombolysis rates increased from 11.5% to 18.1% with a similar trend for thrombectomy (2.8-4.8%). There was a trend towards shorter door-to-needle times (44-42 min) and CT-to-groin puncture times (174-145 min). There was a non-significant trend towards improved outcomes with thrombectomy. Qualitatively, physician feedback suggested that e-Stroke Suite increased decision-making confidence and improved patient flow.

CONCLUSIONS: Use of artificial intelligence decision support in a hyperacute stroke pathway facilitates decision-making and can improve rate and time of reperfusion therapies in a hub-and-spoke system of care.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cerebrovascular diseases extra - 12(2022), 1 vom: 01., Seite 28-32

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gunda, Bence [VerfasserIn]
Neuhaus, Ain [VerfasserIn]
Sipos, Ildikó [VerfasserIn]
Stang, Rita [VerfasserIn]
Böjti, Péter Pál [VerfasserIn]
Takács, Tímea [VerfasserIn]
Bereczki, Dániel [VerfasserIn]
Kis, Balázs [VerfasserIn]
Szikora, István [VerfasserIn]
Harston, George [VerfasserIn]

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E-ASPECTS
Journal Article
Machine learning
Stroke
Thrombectomy
Thrombolysis

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Date Completed 04.05.2022

Date Revised 16.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000522423

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33667158X