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ArticleInfectious disease reports2022

Acute Stroke Care during COVID-19: National Data.

Grzegorz Miękisiak, Samuel D Pettersson, Dariusz Szarek, Piotr Morasiewicz, Justyna Fercho, Stanisław Adamski, Lech Kipiński, Tomasz Szmuda

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Article in Infectious disease reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Grzegorz MiękisiakInstitute of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-040 Opole, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6781-7013
Samuel D PetterssonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.
Dariusz SzarekDepartment of Neurosurgery, Marciniak's Hospital, 54-049 Wrocław, Poland.
Piotr MorasiewiczInstitute of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-040 Opole, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7587-666X
Justyna FerchoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.
Stanisław AdamskiNeurosurgery Department, Copernicus Hospital, 80-152 Gdansk, Poland.
Lech KipińskiDepartment of Pathophysiology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.
Tomasz SzmudaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1904-6773

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: The pandemic of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown strategies had a profound impact on many aspects of everyday life. During this time the world faced the unprecedented crisis of healthcare disrupting timely care delivery. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the acute treatment of stroke in Poland. (2) Methods: The national data on hospitalizations with stroke as a primary diagnosis were obtained from the National Health Fund of Poland. Poisson regression was used to determine the significance of the change in hospital admissions. The differences between proportions were analyzed using the "N-1" Chi-squared test. (3) Results: During the COVID-19 period, the number of hospitalizations dropped by 8.28% with a monthly nadir of 22.02 in April. On a monthly scale during 2020, the greatest decrease was 22.02%. The thrombolysis ratio was also affected, with the highest monthly drop of 15.51% in November. The overall number of in-hospital deaths did not change. (4) Conclusions: The pandemic caused a serious disruption of the acute care of stroke. There is no evidence that the quality of care was seriously compromised.

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