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Hospital Discharge and Readmissions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic for California Acute Stroke Inpatients
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, with approximately 795,000 new strokes occurring annually, including acute ischemic stroke (AIS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).1 The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted all levels of care for stroke patients, such as delays in initial presentation, reduction in acute therapies, limitations of in-patient resources, delays or lack of initiation of secondary stroke prevention therapy, and limitations in rehabilitation services after hospital discharge.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 23, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: George P. Albert, Daryl C. McHugh, Debra E. Roberts, Adam G. Kelly, Remi Okwechime, Robert G. Holloway, Benjamin P. George Source Type: research

Almost 100,000 more Brits have died needlessly of heart and strokes since start of pandemic 
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) said ongoing disruption to the NHS and the fallout from Covid has left the country is in the 'grip of a heart and stroke care emergency'.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Telemedicine Impact on Post-Stroke Outpatient Follow-up in an Academic Healthcare Network during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The objective of our study was to determine the impact of telemedicine on post-acute stroke clinic follow-up.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 21, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Darwish Alabyad, Manet Lemuel-Clarke, Marlyn Antwan, Laura Henriquez, Samir Belagaje, Srikant Rangaraju, Ashlee Mosley, Jacqueline Cabral, Teri Walczak, Moges Ido, Patricia Hashima, Rana Bayakly, Kathyrn Collins, Loretta Sutherly-Bhadsavle, Cynthia Brashe Source Type: research

Neuroprotector Hopeful in Stroke; Late-Pandemic STEMIs; Exercise vs Risky Carotids?
(MedPage Today) -- In the CLEAR Outcomes trial, bempedoic acid (Nexletol) reduced cardiac events to a similar extent as statins, according to a secondary analysis presented at ENDO 2023. The TLR4 antagonist ApTOLL showed promise as a neuroprotectant...
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - June 20, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stakeholders' Experiences Using Videoconferencing for a Group-Based Stroke Intervention During COVID-19: A Thematic Analysis
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Tailored training protocols may support stakeholders who are participating in telerehabilitation interventions using new software or devices. Future studies that identify specific tailoring variables will advance the development of telerehabilitation training protocols. What This Article Adds: These findings provide stakeholder-identified barriers and facilitators, in addition to stakeholder-informed recommendations, for technology training protocols that may support uptake of telerehabilitation in occupational therapy.PMID:37314955 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2023.050111
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - June 14, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Emily A Kringle Elizabeth R Skidmore M Carolyn Baum Minmei Shih Christine Rogers Joy M Hammel Source Type: research

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on visits to the hospital emergency service in two hospitals in Spain, from March 14, 2020 to June 21, 2020
This study will describe trends in the use of emergency departments before and after the Spanish State of Alarm, especially in pathologies not directly related to this infection. A cross-sectional study was conducted of all visits to the emergency departments in two third-level hospitals in two Spanish communities during the Spanish State of Alarm, compared with the same period of the previous year. The variables collected included the day of the week, the time of the visit, the duration of the visit, the final destination of the patients (home, admission to a conventional hospitalization ward, admission to the intensive c...
Source: Internal and Emergency Medicine - June 12, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Trends in the Quality of Primary Care and Acute Care in Korea From 2008 to 2020: A Cross-sectional Study
CONCLUSIONS: The avoidable hospitalization rates and case-fatality rates decreased overall during the past decade, but they were relatively high compared with other countries. Strengthening primary care is an essential requirement to improve patient health outcomes in the rapidly aging Korean population.PMID:37287202 | PMC:PMC10248101 | DOI:10.3961/jpmph.23.015
Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - June 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yeong Geun Gwon Seung Jin Han Kyoung Hoon Kim Source Type: research