Regional Changes in Patterns of Stroke Presentation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Stroke. 2021 Apr;52(4):1398-1406. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031300. Epub 2021 Feb 16.

Authors

Mark R Etherton¹, Kori S Zachrison², Zhiyu Yan¹, Lukas Sveikata¹, Martin Bretzner^{1

3}, Juan Estrada¹, Anand Viswanathan¹, Aneesh B Singhal¹, Lee H Schwamm¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology (M.R.E., Z.Y., L.S., M.B., J.E., A.V., A.B.S., L.H.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Department of Emergency Medicine (K.S.Z.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
³ Inserm U1171, Degenerative and Vascular Cognitive Disorders, University of Lille, France (M.B.).

Abstract

[Figure: see text].

Keywords: demography; hospitals; morbidity; pandemic; thrombectomy.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / therapy
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / methods*
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / trends
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
New England / epidemiology
Pandemics*
Retrospective Studies
Stroke / epidemiology*
Stroke / therapy
Telemedicine / methods*
Telemedicine / trends

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