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Reduction in Acute Stroke Admissions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from a National Stroke Registry
Conclusion: The marked decrease in admissions for acute stroke and TIA, occurring at a time of a relatively low burden of COVID-19, is of great concern. Public awareness campaigns are needed as patients reluctant to seek urgent stroke care are deprived of lifesaving procedures and secondary prevention treatments.Neuroepidemiology
Source: Neuroepidemiology - July 8, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Top White House Official Joins Baker In Boston For Beth Israel Tour
BOSTON (CBS) – A top White House official was in Boston Friday to get a closer look at the coronavirus response in Massachusetts. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar visited the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with Governor Charlie Baker to tour the hospital’s COVID-19 test kit assembly areas and learn more about the research there. “There is no better place in this country to come learn about what’s going on with respect to COVID, with respect to treatments, with respect to testing, with respective vaccines, with respect to care, than right here and we really appreciate your being with us today,...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Events Health Healthcare Status Politics Syndicated Local Alex Azar Beth Israel Deacones Medical Center Charlie Baker Coronavirus Source Type: news

Acute myocardial infarction in the Covid-19 era: Incidence, clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes —A multicenter registry
by Alexander Fardman, Doron Zahger, Katia Orvin, Daniel Oren, Natalia Kofman, Jameel Mohsen, Or Tsafrir, Elad Asher, Ronen Rubinshtein, Jafari Jamal, Roi Efraim, Majdi Halabi, Yacov Shacham, Lior Henri Fortis, Tal Cohen, Robert Klempfner, Amit Segev, Roy Beigel, Shlomi Matetzky BackgroundWe aimed to describe the characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients during the Covid-19 era. MethodsWe conducted a prospective, multicenter study involving 13 intensive cardiac care units, to evaluate consecutive STEMI patients admitted throughout an 8-week period during the Covi...
Source: PLoS One - June 18, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Alexander Fardman Source Type: research