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Stroke Systems of Care during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Kobe City
The novel coronavirus disease 2019  (COVID-19), first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, spread worldwide in 2020. As of June 1, 2020, the estimated number of global cases and deaths has exceeded 6 million and 370,000, respectively.1 In Japan, the number of reported cases increased sharply in March 2020, with community tran smission presenting at the highest rate in urban areas, leading to a state of emergency being declared by the Japanese government on April 7. Subsequently, on April 9, the Japan Stroke Society and the Japanese Circulation Society issued a joint statement on the importance of maintaining high-q...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - September 29, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Nobuyuki Ohara, Hirotoshi Imamura, Hidemitsu Adachi, Yoshie Hara, Kohkichi Hosoda, Hidehito Kimura, Kazuyuki Kuwayama, Takashi Mizowaki, Yasuhiko Motooka, Kazuya Nakashima, Narihide Shinoda, Takeshi Takamoto, Yasushi Ueno, Ikuya Yamaura, Chie Yanagihara, Source Type: research

Breakthrough of modern reperfusion therapies for acute stroke in Lithuania: The importance of integrated government support and national stroke care network
Incidence of ischemic stroke remains high in Lithuania (>10.000 new strokes every year) because of high prevalence and poor control of vascular risk factors. The intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) was started in 2002 in 2 Vilnius hospitals. Since 2007 IVT was recommended as first line treatment for acute ischemic stroke according to national guidelines. Nevertheless, the total annual number of IVTs remained low across the country (lessthan 100 procedures) until 2011. During 2012-2013 number of IVTs increased up to 160 and 207, respectively, however, only few centres in largest two cities were active, and access to IVT and mech...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 18, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Dalius Jatuzis, Aleksandras Vilionskis, Daiva Rastenyte Source Type: research

Do Reduced Copayments Affect Mortality after Surgery due to Stroke? An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of a National Cohort Sampled in 2003-2012
The South Korean government introduced a policy in 2 phases, in September 2005 and in January 2010, for reducing copayments for patients with critical diseases, including stroke, to prevent excessive medical expenditures and to ease economic barriers. Previous studies of the effect of this policy were focused primarily on cancer. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between this policy and 1-year mortality after surgery among patients with stroke.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Kyu-Tae Han, Seung Ju Kim, Sun Jung Kim, Ji Won Yoo, Eun-Cheol Park Source Type: research

Factors Associated with Stroke Coding Quality: A Comparison of Registry and Administrative Data
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) codes are commonly used to identify patients with diseases or clinical conditions for epidemiological research. We aimed to determine the diagnostic agreement and factors associated with a clinician-assigned stroke diagnosis in a national registry and the ICD-10-AM codes recorded in government-held administrative data.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - November 27, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Olivia F. Ryan, Merilyn Riley, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Nadine E. Andrew, Sibilah Breen, Kate Paice, Sam Shehata, Vijaya Sundararajan, Natasha A. Lannin, Joosup Kim, Monique F. Kilkenny Source Type: research