Decline in stroke alerts and hospitalisations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction Patients with stroke-like symptoms may be underutilising emergency medical services and avoiding hospitalisation during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigated a decline in admissions for stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and emergency department (ED) stroke alert activations.M...

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Main Authors: Tina Burton, Tracy Madsen, Malveeka Sharma, Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas, Judith Clark, Jillian O'Sullivan, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Joshua Z. Willey, Randolph S. Marshall, Magdy H. Selim, David Greer, David L. Tirschwell, Amelia Boehme, Hugo J. Aparicio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group
Series:Stroke and Vascular Neurology
Online Access:https://svn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/20/svn-2020-000441.full