Stroke With Delayed Visit to the Emergency Department: The Next Public Crisis?

We read with great interest the article by Montagnon et  al. about the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on emergency department (EDs) (1). The authors described how daily visits dropped in their ED, but the COVID-19 pandemic does not seem to have had an effect on patients needing emergency revascularization (ST-segment elevatio n myocardial infarction and stroke). However, in the United Kingdom, Fersia et al. experienced a 33% drop in myocardial infarction diagnosis, Ullah et al.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research