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Global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke volumes and cerebrovascular ev...
Nguyen, Thanh N.; Qureshi, Muhammad M.; Klein, Piers; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Mikulik, Robert; Czlonkowska, Anna; Abdalkader, Mohamad; Sedova, PetraBackground and objectives: Declines in stroke admission, IV thrombolysis (IVT), and mechanical thrombectomy volumes were reported during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a paucity of data on the longer-term effect of the pandemic on stroke volumes over the course of a year and through the second wave of the pandemic. We sought to measure the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volumes of str...
Global impact of COVID-19 on stroke care and IV thrombolysis
Nogueira, Raul G.; Qureshi, Muhammad M.; Abdalkader, Mohamad; Martins, Sheila Ouriques; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Qiu, Zhongming; Mansour, Ossama YassinObjective: To measure the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of IV thrombolysis (IVT), IVT transfers, and stroke hospitalizations over 4 months at the height of the pandemic (March 1 to June 30, 2020) compared with 2 control 4-month periods. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational, retrospective study across 6 continents, 70 countries, and 457 stroke centers. Diagnoses were identified ...
Influência de comorbidades clínicas na resposta ao tratamento trombolítico em p...
Martins, Rodrigo TargaIntrodução: Diversas condições clínicas podem modificar a resposta ao tratamento trombolítico no acidente vascular isquêmico agudo. O grau de comorbidade dos pacientes medido pelo Índice de Charlson, um índice que mede o grau de comorbidades clínicas em AVC, tem valor prognóstico na incapacidade pós-AVC tanto em populações com acidente vascular do tipo hemorrágico como isquêmico. Objetivo: Avaliar o efeito do g...