Effects of COVID-19 on the admissions of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: the West Greece experience.
Andreas TheofanopoulosDionysia FermeliSpyros BoulierisGeorge KalantzisZinovia KefalopoulouVasilios PanagiotopoulosDimitrios PapadakosConstantine ConstantoyannisPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
The presented data cover a more extended time period than so far published reports; it is reasonable that our recent experience may well be demonstrating a general realistic trend of overall increase in aneurysmal rupture rates during lockdown. Hospitalization of patients with SAH cannot afford any reductions in facilities, equipment, or personnel if optimum outcomes are desirable.