Ischaemic stroke in patients with diabetes requiring urgent procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: a retrospective, nationwide, population-based cohort study using data from the National Emergency Department Information System.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in suboptimal care for ischaemic stroke. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), a high-risk group for stroke, had compromised routine care during the pandemic, which increases the chance of stroke. We examined influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management of ischaemic stroke in patients with DM in South Korea.

Design

Retrospective, nationwide, population-based cohort study.

Setting

Data from the National Emergency Department Information System.

Participants

We analysed 11 734 patients diagnosed with acute ischaemic stroke who underwent intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular thrombectomy between 2019 (the reference year) and 2020 (the pandemic year). Among them, 1014 subjects with DM were analysed separately.

SUBMITTER: Park MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729090 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature