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ArticleStroke2020

Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Stroke Care and Potential Solutions.

Jing Zhao, Hang Li, David Kung, Marc Fisher, Ying Shen, Renyu Liu

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Article in Stroke, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 195 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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195citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

195 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 339 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Stroke network performance during the first COVID-19 pandemic stage: A meta-analysis based on stroke network models.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2021
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  7. Impact of the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic on the Number of Strokes and Mechanical Thrombectomies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jing ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, Minhang Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (J.Z.).
Hang LiDepartment of Cerebrovascular Disease, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China (H.L.).
David KungDepartment of Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology (D.K.), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Marc FisherDepartment of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (M.F.).
Ying ShenDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (Y.S.).
Renyu LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (R.L.), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Capital Medical University · CNBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USHenan Provincial People's Hospital · CNJinshan Hospital of Fudan University · CNUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeWhen the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak became paramount, medical care for other devastating diseases was negatively impacted. In this study, we investigated the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on stroke care across China.

methodsData from the Big Data Observatory Platform for Stroke of China consisting of 280 hospitals across China demonstrated a significant drop in the number of cases of thrombolysis and thrombectomy. We designed a survey to investigate the major changes during the COVID-19 outbreak and potential causes of these changes. The survey was distributed to the leaders of stroke centers in these 280 hospitals.

resultsFrom the data of Big Data Observatory Platform for Stroke of China, the total number of thrombolysis and thrombectomy cases dropped 26.7% (

conclusionsThe COVID-19 outbreak impacted stroke care significantly in China, including prehospital and in-hospital care, resulting in a significant drop in admissions, thrombolysis, and thrombectomy. Although many factors contributed, patients not coming to the hospital was probably the major limiting factor. Recommendations based on the data are provided.

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BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralBig DataChinaClinical Laboratory TechniquesCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingEmergency Medical ServicesFearHealth ResourcesHumansPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient AdmissionProcedures and Techniques Utilizationcoronavirushumansinfectionsstrokethrombectomy

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PMID32432997
PMCPMC7258753
OpenAlexW3026441981

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