Trends in stroke admissions before, during and post-peak of the COVID-19 pandemic: A one-year experience from the Qatar stroke database.
Naveed AkhtarSaadat KamranSalman Al-JerdiYahia ImamSujatha JosephDeborah MorganMohamed AbokershR T UyAshfaq ShuaibPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Fewer stroke mimics presenting to the hospital can explain the fewer admissions and poor outcome at the height of the covid-19 pandemic. The continued decrease in the number of ischemic stroke and stroke mimic admissions following the pandemic peak requires more study.