Impact of Covid-19 on Stroke Code Activations, Process Metrics, and Diagnostic Error.

Faddi Ghassan Saleh VelezRonald Alvarado-DyerVictor J Del BruttoJulián Carrión-PenagosZachary BulwaShyam Prabhakaran

Published in: The Neurohospitalist (2020)

We observed a rapid decline and slow recovery in ED SCA with a shift toward increased true positive cases following the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, delays in obtaining CT and diagnostic error was increased, however, no difference in early clinical outcomes were seen between groups.

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