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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

Early speech-language rehabilitation for stroke patients during the Covid-19 outbreak
This article emphasizes the importance of maintaining a high standard quality of care for patients with acute stroke even if usual practices will have to be modified. Authors include rehabilitation as an integral part of stroke recovery. We strongly support this position: in this letter we would like to share our experience of delivering. speech-language rehabilitation for stroke inpatients during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 30, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Patrizia Mammi, Chiara Bidini, Elena Ablondi, Maria Rosaria David, Rodolfo Brianti Source Type: research

Patient Characteristics and Outcomes Associated with Decline in Stroke Volumes during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
Recent studies have documented a decrease in evaluations of stroke patients during the early weeks of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States (US).1 –4 This phenomenon raises concern that delays in emergent treatment and implementation of secondary stroke prevention measures may contribute to the morbidity and mortality of the pandemic. As a second wave of COVID-19 sweeps through the country, there is an urgent need for public health communica tion that targets populations most likely to delay evaluation for stroke-like symptoms.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - December 25, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Adam N. Wallace, Kaiz S. Asif, Daniel H. Sahlein, Steven J. Warach, Timothy Malisch, E. Francis LaFranchise, Scott Geraghty, K. Derek Kreitel, Marian P. Lamonte, Jefferson T. Miley, Daniel P. Gibson, Krishna Amuluru Source Type: research

Stroke priorities during COVID-19 outbreak: acting both fast and safe
While the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spreads all over the world, the healthcare systems are facing the dramatic challenge of simultaneously fight against the outbreak and life-threating emergencies.In this biological setting, emergency departments and neurovascular teams are exposed to high risk of infection and should therefore be prepared to deal with neurological emergencies safely.The purpose of this article is to analyze the current evidence on COVID-19 in the context of acute ischemic stroke and to describe the model of behavior we are putting into action to maintain the stroke pathw...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 4, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Alessandro Pedicelli, Iacopo Valente, Fabio Pilato, Marisa Distefano, Cesare Colosimo Source Type: research

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

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) related acute stroke causing Transient Global Amnesia
Transient global amnesia (TGA) presents as an acute anterograde amnesia that generally resolves within 24 hrs.1 Werner et al. had noted increasing TGA since severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak in their hospital in Germany and reported 16 patients with TGA between February 1st and May 15th 2020 compared to their 10-year average of 9.72 In our series we noted 2 patients who presented with TGA secondary to acute hippocampal stroke in COVID-19 positive patients.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 5, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Ramnath Santosh Ramanathan, Ari Wachsman Source Type: research

Stroke and Novel Coronavirus Infection in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Conclusions: The occurrence of stroke in patients with COVID-19 infection is uncommon, but it may pose as an important prognostic marker and indicator of severity of infection, by causing large vessels occlusion and exhibiting a thrombo-inflammatory vascular picture. Physicians should be made aware and remain vigilant on the possible two-way relationship between stroke and COVID-19 infection. The rate of stroke among patients with COVID-19 infection may increase in the future as they share the common risk factors.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - October 5, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Impact of National Lockdown on the Hyperacute Stroke Care and Rapid Transient Ischaemic Attack Outpatient Service in a Comprehensive Tertiary Stroke Centre During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Conclusions: National lockdown in the UK due to the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant decrease in acute stroke admission and TIA evaluations at our stroke center. Moreover, a lower proportion of acute stroke patients in the pandemic cohort benefited from reperfusion therapy. Further research is needed to evaluate the long-term effects of the pandemic on stroke care.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - February 11, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2003 Pandemic as Evidence to Advocate for Stroke Public Education During the Current Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
CONCLUSIONS: During the SARS pandemic, there was a reduction in the number of stroke admissions, and this was apparent during both the local SARS and worldwide SARS outbreak periods. We should take appropriate steps through public education to minimise the expected reduced stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, inferred from the findings during the SARS pandemic. PMID: 33164023 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ann Acad Med Singapo... - August 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Riandini T, Tan KB, De Silva DA Tags: Ann Acad Med Singap Source Type: research

Modification of Acute Stroke Pathway in Korea After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the COVID-19 outbreak immediately affected the management process. However, it did not have a significant overall impact on the trends of stroke treatment processes and outcomes. The stroke management process should be modified according to changing situations for optimal acute management.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - November 19, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

A case-control analysis of stroke in Covid-19 patients: Results of Unusual Manifestations of Covid-19-Study 11
CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of stroke in COVID-19 patients presenting to EDs was lower than in the non-COVID-19 reference sample. COVID-19 patients with stroke had greater need for hospitalization and ICU admission than those without stroke, and longer hospitalization and greater in-hospital mortality than non-COVID-19 patients with stroke.PMID:34490961 | DOI:10.1111/acem.14389
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - September 7, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Eric Jorge Garc ía-Lamberechts Òscar Miró Marcos Fragiel Pere Llorens S ònia Jiménez Pascual Pi ñera Guillermo Burillo Alfonso Mart ín Francisco Javier Mart ín-Sánchez Javier Jacob Aitor Alqu ézar-Arbé Laura Ejarque Mart ínez Bel én Rodrígue Source Type: research