Stroke network performance during the first COVID-19 pandemic stage: A meta-analysis based on stroke network models.
Michele RomoliPaolo EusebiStefano ForlivesiMauro GentileFabrizio GiammelloLaura PiccoloDavid GiannandreaSimone VidaleMarco LongoniMatteo PaolucciJessica HsiaoEmily SaylesLeonard Ll YeoEspen Saxhaug KristoffersenSergio AmaroLingyun JiaPooja KhatriGeorgios K TsivgoulisMaurizio PaciaroniAndrea ZiniPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2021)
Despite a 35% drop in stroke admissions during the first pandemic wave, proportions of patients receiving reperfusion and time-metrics were not inferior to control-period. Mothership preserved the weekly rate of intravenous thrombolysis and the onset-to-door timing to pre-pandemic standards.