Decline in Stroke Presentations During COVID-19 Surge.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We aimed to investigate the acute stroke presentations during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

The data were obtained from a health system with 19 emergency departments in northeast Ohio in the United States. Baseline period from January 1 to March 8, 2020, was compared with the COVID period from March 9, to April 2, 2020. The variables included were total daily stroke alerts across the hospital emergency departments, thrombolysis, time to presentation, stroke severity, time from door-to-imaging, time from door-to-needle in thrombolysis, and time from door-to-puncture in thrombectomy. The 2 time periods were compared using nonparametric statistics and Poisson regression.

Results

Nine hundred two stroke alerts during the

SUBMITTER: Uchino K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7309646 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature