Impact of improved stroke green channel process on the delay of intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute cerebral infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study analyzed the impact of the improved stroke green channel process on the delay of intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute cerebral infarction under coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention and control measures.

Methods

We included 57 patients from the stroke center of the Seventh People's Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine before the improvement of the stroke green channel process (March-July 2019), as well as 94 patients during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak (March-July 2020) and 68 patients during the Omicron variant outbreak (March-July 2022) after the improvement of stroke green channel process. The door-to-needle time (DNT), door-to-imaging time (DIT), and door-to-t

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9549168 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature