作者
Malveeka Sharma, Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas, Tracy Madsen, Judith Clark, Jillian O'Sullivan, Mitchell SV Elkind, Joshua Z Willey, Randolph S Marshall, Magdy H Selim, David Greer, David L Tirschwell, Tina Burton, Amelia Boehme, Hugo J Aparicio
发表日期
2020/12/1
期刊
Stroke and Vascular Neurology
卷号
5
期号
4
出版商
BMJ Specialist Journals
简介
Introduction
Patients with stroke-like symptoms may be underutilising emergency medical services and avoiding hospitalisation during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated a decline in admissions for stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and emergency department (ED) stroke alert activations.
Methods
We retrospectively compiled total weekly hospital admissions for stroke and TIA between 31 December 2018 and 21 April 2019 versus 30 December 2019 and 19 April 2020 at five US tertiary academic comprehensive stroke centres in cities with early COVID-19 outbreaks in Boston, New York City, Providence and Seattle. We collected available data on ED stroke alerts, stroke severity using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and time from symptom onset to hospital arrival.
Results
Compared with 31 December 2018 to 21 April 2019, a decline in stroke/TIA admissions and ED stroke alerts …
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