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Maintained acute stroke admission during the first wave COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, a register-based study
Clinicians and researchers have addressed concerns about the negative impact of COVID-19 outbreaks on the ability of health care systems to provide timely assessment and acute therapies to patients with stroke. The aim of this study is to describe stroke care during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the same period the year before at an acute care hospital in Sweden.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 26, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Melissa Rydell, Per Wester, Ann-Charlotte Laska, Ann-Sofie Rudberg Source Type: research

Multicenter, retrospective analysis of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke in nonagenarians
Background: With the increasing age of acute stroke patients being admitted to hospitals, more data are needed on indications, complications and outcome of endovascular treatment (EVT) in the very elderly. Methods: Retrospective observational study with data collection from Belgian, Swiss, Canadian comprehensive stroke centers and Swedish EVT National database. All patients with acute ischemic stroke were eligible if aged older than or ≥90 years and treated with EVT ± pretreatment with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT).
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 15, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Helena Janssen, Stefania Nannoni, Olivier Francois, Tom Dewaele, Sofie De Blauwe, Geert Vanhooren, Johan Ghekiere, Joost Kager, Andr é Peeters, Pierre Goffette, Frank Hammer, Thierry Duprez, Jelle Demeestere, Robin Lemmens, Sandra Cornelissen, Sam Heye, Source Type: research

Effect of early supported discharge after stroke on patient reported outcome based on the Swedish Riksstroke registry
The efficacy of early supported discharge (ESD) has not been tested in current stroke care setting, which provide relatively short hospital stays, access to hyper-acute therapies and early carotid stenosis int...
Source: BMC Neurology - March 12, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Anna Br åndal, Marie Eriksson, Eva-Lotta Glader and Per Wester Tags: Research article Source Type: research