Role of the Critical Care Resuscitation Unit in a Comprehensive Stroke Center: Operations for Mechanical Thrombectomy During the Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Standard of care for patients with acute ischemic stroke from large vessel occlusion (AIS-LVO) includes prompt evaluation for urgent mechanical thrombectomy (MT) at a comprehensive stroke center (CSC). During the start of the coronavirus 2019 pandemic (COVID-19), there were reports about disruption to emergency department (ED) operations and delays in management of patients with AIS-LVO. In this study we investigate the outcome and operations for patients who were transferred from different EDs to an academic CSC's critical care resuscitation unit (CCRU), which specializes in expeditious transfer of time-sensitive disease.

Methods

This was a pre-post retrospective study using prospectively collected clinical data from our CSC's stroke registry. Adult patients wh

SUBMITTER: Tran QK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254161 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature