Addressing stroke admissions during COVID-19 pandemic beyond fear and constraining health factors

We read with great interest the recently published paper by Candelaresi et al1 addressing the impact of Covid-19 lockdown on stroke admissions. The manuscript further consolidates the evidence that COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on stroke admissions and the associated quality of care1 –4. Similar to previous studies2,3, fear of exposure to coronavirus was considered to be an important driver to the reduction of stroke admission. Although the reduction of stroke admissions during COVID-19 was proposed to be driven predominantly by decrease of admission of less severe stroke pati ents3,4, there are evidence showing that this reduction may occur equally across ethnic groups, ages, and stroke of all subtypes and severity2.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research