COVID-19 did not result in increased hospitalization for stroke and transient ischemic attack: A nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risk of thrombosis increases in infectious diseases, yet observational studies from single centers have shown a decrease in admission of acute ischemic stroke patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. To investigate unselected stroke admission rates we performed a nationwide study in Denmark.

Methods

We extracted information from Danish national health registries. The following mutually exclusive time periods were compared to the year before the lockdown: (1) first national lockdown, (2) gradual reopening, (3) few restrictions, (4) regional lockdown, and (5) second national lockdown.

Results

Generally, admission rates were unchanged during the pandemic. In the unadjusted data, we observed a small decrease in the admission rate for all strokes under the fir

SUBMITTER: Simonsen CZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature