Stroke management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: experience from three regions of the north east of Italy (Veneto, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Trentino-Alto-Adige).
Paolo ManganottiMarcello NaccaratoIlario ScaliManuel CappellariBruno BonettiAlessandro BurlinaEmanuele TurineseSabrina BogoFrancesco TeatiniEnrica FranchiniGiorgio CaneveGiampietro RuzzaAnna GaudenziRoberto BombardiGiulio BozzatoRoberta PadoanCarolina GentileMichele RanaMichelangelo TurazziniDanese AlessandraFrancesco BrigoRaffaele NardoneRocco QuatraleElisabetta MenegazzoMaela MasatoStefano NovelloPaolo PassadoreAntonio BaldiLuca ValentinisClaudio BaracchiniAlessio PieroniAnna Maria BasileClaudio SempliciniSilvio PifferBruno GiomettoSimone TonelloDomenico Marco BonifattiSimone LorenzutGiovanni MerlinoMaria Rosaria ValenteFrancesco PaladinAgnese TononCristina de LucaFrancesco PeriniSandro CentonzePaolo BoviPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
Our study confirmed a decrease in admission rate of stroke patients in a large area of northern Italy during the lockdown period, especially during the first dramatic phase. Overall, there was no decrease in thrombolysis rate, confirming an effect of emergency care system for stroke patients. Instead, the significant decrease in thrombectomy rate during lockdown addresses some considerations of local and regional stroke networks during COVID-19 pandemic evolution.