Care Process of Recanalization Therapy for Acute Stroke during the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We aimed to determine whether the care process and outcomes in patients with acute stroke who received recanalization therapy changed during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea.

Methods

We used data from a prospective multicenter reperfusion therapy registry to compare the care process-including the time from symptom onset to treatment, number of treated patients, and discharge disposition-and treatment outcomes between before and during the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea.

Results

Upon the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea, the number of patients receiving endovascular treatment to decrease temporarily but considerably. The use of emergency medical services by stroke patients increased from 91.5% before to 100.0%

SUBMITTER: Kim YD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840312 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature