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Bottlenecks in the Acute Stroke Care System during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Catalonia
Conclusion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, Catalonia ’s stroke system’s weakest points were the delay to EMS alert and a decline of stroke code activations, reperfusion treatments, and interhospital transfers, mostly at local centers. Patients suffering an acute stroke during the pandemic period had higher odds of poor functional outcome and death . The complete stroke care system’s analysis is crucial to allocate resources appropriately.Cerebrovasc Dis
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 21, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The COVID-19 pandemic effect on the prehospital Madrid stroke code metrics and diagnostic accuracy
by Nicol ás Riera-López, Andrea Gaetano-Gil, José Martínez-Gómez, Nuria Rodríguez-Rodil, Borja M. Fernández-Félix, Jorge Rodríguez-Pardo, Carmen Cuadrado-Hernández, Emmanuel Pelayo Martínez-González, Alicia Villar-Arias, Fátima Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Pablo Busca-Ostolaza, Eduardo Montero-Ruiz, Exu perio Díez-Tejedor, Javier Zamora, Blanca Fuentes-Gimeno, on behalf of the Madrid Stroke Network BackgroundOnly very few studies have investigated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the pre-hospital stroke code protocol. During the first wave, Spain was one of the most affected countries by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavi...
Source: PLoS One - October 10, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Nicol ás Riera-López Source Type: research

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in stroke code activations in the region of Madrid: A retrospective study
Acute sstroke is the most common time-dependent disease attended in the emergency medical service (EMS) of Madrid (SUMMA 112). Community of Madrid has been one of the most affected regions in Spain by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A significant reduction in acute sstroke hospital admissions has been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the same period 1 year before. As international clinical practice guidelines support those patients with suspected acute stroke should be accessed via EMS, it is important to know whether the pandemic has jeopardized urgent pre-hospital stroke care, the first...
Source: Medicine - October 29, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research

Acute Stroke Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reduction in the Number of Admissions of Elderly Patients and Increase in Prehospital Delays
Conclusion: We observed a reduction in the number of acute strokes and TIAs admitted during the COVID-19 period. This drop affected especially elderly patients, and despite a delay in their arrival to the emergency department, the proportion of patients treated with recanalization therapies was preserved.Cerebrovasc Dis
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 17, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Concern as heart attack and stroke patients delay seeking help
Consultants report drop in admissions of people with non-coronavirus related conditionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFurther evidence is emerging of dramatic falls in numbers of hospital patients presenting with serious medical conditions such as strokes and heart attacks since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.AUS study found that interventions for serious heart attacks have fallen 38% since 1 March. Similar reductions were reported in Spain, while inLombardy, the worst affected region of Italy, the figure was 70%.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 16, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Laura Spinney Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Hospitals Doctors Health Medical research Science Society Heart disease Heart attack Stroke World news UK news Source Type: news

Adaptation and feasibility of the online version of the Fugl Meyer scale for the assessment of patients following cerebrovascular accidents
CONCLUSION: The Fugl Meyer assessment scale, online version, is a feasible, useful and easy to apply scale that allows assessment of the functional status of stroke patients and can help meet the current needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.PMID:35211949 | DOI:10.33588/rn.7405.2021385
Source: Revista de Neurologia - February 25, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: F P érez-Robledo R Llamas-Ramos I Llamas-Ramos B M Bermejo-Gil J L S ánchez-González A M Mart ín-Nogueras Source Type: research

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