Reduction of in-hospital non-COVID-19 pneumonia in stroke patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raffaele OrnelloEnrico ColangeliGiulia CeccantiLeondino MammarellaGiovambattista DesideriSimona SaccoPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2023)
The observed reduction of in-hospital pneumonias in patients with stroke was likely attributable to the use of protective measures and limitation of hospital visits. Maintaining some of those measures in the long term may contribute to control infections in hospitalized patients with stroke.