Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Did COVID-19 impact stroke services? A multicenter study. |
| Authors: |
Shokri, Hossam1 (AUTHOR) hossam.shokri@med.asu.edu.eg, Nahas, Nevine El1 (AUTHOR), Basiony, Ahmed El2 (AUTHOR), Nguyen, Thanh N.3 (AUTHOR), Abdalkader, Mohamad3 (AUTHOR), Klein, Piers3 (AUTHOR), Lavados, Pablo M.4 (AUTHOR), Olavarría, Verónica V.4 (AUTHOR), Amaya, Pablo5 (AUTHOR), Llanos-Leyton, Natalia6 (AUTHOR), Brola, Waldemar7 (AUTHOR), Michał, Lipowski7 (AUTHOR), Fariña, Donoband Edson Dejesus Melgarejo8 (AUTHOR), Cardozo, Analia8 (AUTHOR), Caballero, Cesar David8 (AUTHOR), Pedrozo, Fatima8 (AUTHOR), Rahman, Aminur9 (AUTHOR), Hokmabadi, Elyar Sadeghi10 (AUTHOR), Jalili, Javad11 (AUTHOR), Farhoudi, Mehdi10 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Neurological Sciences. Jul2022, Vol. 43 Issue 7, p4061-4068. 8p. 4 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: |
*COVID-19, *STROKE units, *HEMORRHAGIC stroke, *HOSPITAL patients, *DATABASES, *THROMBECTOMY |
| Abstract: |
Background: It has been reported that acute stroke services were compromised during COVID-19 due to various pandemic-related issues. We aimed to investigate these changes by recruiting centers from different countries.Methods: Eight countries participated in this cross-sectional, observational, retrospective study by providing data from their stroke data base. We compared 1 year before to 1 year during COVID-19 as regards onset to door (OTD), door to needle (DTN), door to groin (DTG), duration of hospital stay, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at baseline, 24 h, and at discharge as well as modified Rankin score (mRS) on discharge and at 3 months follow-up.Results: During the pandemic year, there was a reduction in the number of patients, median age was significantly lower, admission NIHSS was higher, hemorrhagic stroke increased, and OTD and DTG showed no difference, while DTN time was longer, rtPA administration was decreased, thrombectomy was more frequent, and hospital stay was shorter. mRS was less favorable on discharge and at 3 months.Conclusion: COVID-19 showed variable effects on stroke services. Some were negatively impacted as the number of patients presenting to hospitals, DTN time, and stroke outcome, while others were marginally affected as the type of management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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