Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures on the local stroke network.
Valerio BrunettiAldobrando BroccoliniPietro CaliandroRiccardo Di IorioMauro MonforteRoberta MorosettiCarla PianoFabio PilatoSimone BellaviaJessica MarottaIrene ScalaAlessandro PedicelliMariano Alberto PennisiAnselmo CaricatoCinzia RobertiMaria Concetta AltavistaAlessandro ValenzaMarisa DistefanoEmanuela CecconiMartina FanellaSabina RoncacciMiriam TasilloPaolo CalabresiGiovanni FrisulloGiacomo Della MarcaPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
Our observational study, involving hub-and-spoke stroke network of a wide regional area, indicates that the COVID-19 outbreak impacted on the acute stroke management. This impact was equally observed in hub as well as in spoke centers.