Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on ischemic stroke admissions and in-hospital mortality in North-West Spain.
Herbert Tejada-MezaÁlvaro Lambea-GilAgustín Sancho SaldañaMaite Martínez-ZabaletaPatricia de la Riva JuezElena López-Cancio MartínezMaría Castañón ApilánezMaría Herrera IsasiJuan Marta EnguitaMercedes de Lera AlfonsoJuan Francisco ArenillasJon Segurola OlaizolaJuan José Timiraos FernándezJoaquín SánchezMar Castellanos-RodrigoAlexia RoelIgnacio Casado MenéndezMar FreijoAlain Luna RodriguezEnrique Palacio PortillaYésica Jiménez LópezEmilio Rodríguez CastroSusana Arias RivasJavier Tejada GarcíaIria Beltrán RodríguezFrancisco Julián-VillaverdeMaria Pilar Moreno GarcíaJosé María Trejo-Gabriel-GalánAna Echavarría IñiguezCarlos Tejero JusteCristina Pérez LázaroJavier Marta Morenonull On Behalf Of The Nordictus InvestigatorsPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2020)
We found a decrease in the number of ischemic stroke admissions and an increase in in-hospital mortality during the COVID-19 epidemic in this large study from North-West Spain. There were regional changes within the network, not fully explained by the severity of the pandemic in different regions.