“RAPID SOFTWARE” innovation for brain death assessment and risks to other parts of the brain 

When a brain or stroke patient comes in for treatment. It is extremely important to assess the symptoms and diagnosis to quickly summarize treatment guidelines. The RAPID SOFTWARE program is one program that is very useful in deciding on a treatment method that reduces the loss of brain cells that still have a good chance of recovery. Prompt, targeted, and correct treatment will help patients with atherosclerosis return to living their lives almost as normal. This has a positive effect on both the patient and the patient's relatives.

After receiving the results of the MRI of the patient's brain, the doctor will take the results into a program that analyzes the loss of brain tissue called “RAPID SOFTWARE” that after the onset of symptoms What part of the patient's brain has lost? And which part of the brain is at risk of being lost if it is not treated quickly within 24 hours?

This program can effectively assess patient safety for use in planning treatment. Including being able to allow doctors to provide appropriate information to patients and their relatives as well. which is different from before. The treatment was assessed based on brain MRI findings alone.

Examples of cases of stroke patients

One patient has right-sided weakness, a deviated mouth, and an inability to speak due to blocked blood vessels in the left side of the brain. The first hospital that accepted the patient was then transferred to a provincial hospital within 1 hour, after which the doctor injected the blood clot. The hospital that takes care of the patients is a network hospital that has cooperated with Phyathai 1 Hospital in referring patients to treatment. Therefore, he was later sent to the stroke center while the X-ray results were performed beforehand during the patient's transfer.

When receiving information from the x-ray, the stroke center medical team performed MR perfusion of the patient's brain. Using the Rapid Software program, it was found that 6 ml of the patient's left cerebral cells were damaged and had died. If the blood clot is not treated within 24 hours, there is a high chance that the patient will lose more than 91 ml of left brain cells, which has a high risk of causing the patient to be paralyzed, bedridden, unable to speak, and have weak limbs.

After assessing the risk of brain cell death using the RAPID SOFTWARE program, the medical team informed the patient's relatives that the patient should receive “Drag the blood clot” or “Clot Retrieval” immediately upon arrival at the hospital. When relatives have already given permission The stroke center medical team immediately summarized treatment guidelines and prepared blood clot traction therapy. To save lives and maintain quality of life for as many patients as possible.
As soon as the patient arrived at Phyathai 1 Hospital, the care team sent the patient into the operating room for a quick procedure to draw a blood clot. Doctors successfully used a stent to pull out a blood clot that had become blocked in a blood vessel in the brain. The patient had no complications. Also Brain MRI results after treatment revealed that the patient did not have any deader brain cells than before.

After dragging out the blood clot, the patient can get up and walk. He was able to undergo physical therapy 1 day later. The side effects of the stroke were only slight weakness in his right arm and hand. When doing physical therapy regularly and taking medicine prescribed by the doctor. Patients can return to their normal daily lives.
Currently, there are only 3 hospitals in Thailand that have adopted the RAPID SOFTWARE program, including 2 hospitals that are government medical schools and Phyathai 1 Hospital, which is the only private hospital that has introduced it. The objective is for patients to receive treatment quickly through accurate and clear symptom assessment. This helps keep patients safe and receive appropriate treatment. which preserves both the life and quality of life of the patient better