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Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Vascular Imaging During Iodinated Contrast Shortage
GE Healthcare© announced on April 19, 2022, that their main factory and distributor of iodinated contrast had experienced a temporary shutdown because of COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China. This, along with other supply chain issues, led to a worldwide shortage of iodinated contrast agents, Omnipaque and Visipaque. Our Comprehensive Stroke Center was confronted with the cascading effect of this iodinated contrast material shortage. We took immediate steps to revise our protocols and processes to continue to provide high-quality care to our stroke patients. A multidisciplinary working group comprised of representativ...
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - March 3, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Bhole, R., Solenski, N. J., Donahue, J. H., Kellogg, R. T., Roach, N. N., Chapman, S. N., Worrall, B. B., Evans, A. J., Patel, S. H., Mukherjee, S., Park, M. S., Southerland, A. M. Tags: Decision analysis, Medical care, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, All Practice Management Commentary Source Type: research

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

CT perfusion in hyper-acute ischemic stroke: the acid test for COVID-19 fear
ConclusionThe results of CTP analysis provided a better insight in the higher prevalence of major severity stroke patients during the COVID-19 period.
Source: Neuroradiology - February 2, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

Mechanical thrombectomy in COVID-19-associated ischaemic stroke: patient characteristics and outcomes in a single-centre study
CONCLUSION: In AIS patients treated with MT, concomitant SARS-CoV2 infection did not affect the outcome. Our observations need to be confirmed in larger, and preferably multicentre, studies.PMID:35315928 | DOI:10.5603/PJNNS.a2022.0026
Source: Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska - March 22, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Katarzyna Sawczy ńska Pawe ł Wrona Tomasz K ęsek Marcin Wnuk Robert Chrzan Tomasz Homa Roman Pu łyk Jeremiasz Jagie łła Tadeusz Popiela Agnieszka S łowik Source Type: research

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