The stroke mothership model survived during COVID-19 era: an observational single-center study in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Andrea ZiniMichele RomoliMauro GentileLudovica MigliaccioCosimo PicocoOscar Dell'ArcipreteLuigi SimonettiFederica NaldiLaura PiccoloGiovanni GordiniFrancesco TagliatelaVincenzo BuaLuigi CirilloCiro PrinciottaCarlo ConiglioCarlo DescovichPietro CortelliPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020)
During COVID-19 pandemic, TIA and minor stroke consistently reduced compared to the same timeframe in 2019. Longer stroke-to-call and door-to-scan times, attributable to change in citizen behavior and screening at hospital arrival, did not impact on stroke-to-treatment time. Mothership model might have minimized the effects of the pandemic on the stroke care organization.