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Care Process of Recanalization Therapy for Acute Stroke during the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea.


ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We aimed to determine whether the care process and outcomes in patients with acute stroke who received recanalization therapy changed during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea.

Methods

We used data from a prospective multicenter reperfusion therapy registry to compare the care process-including the time from symptom onset to treatment, number of treated patients, and discharge disposition-and treatment outcomes between before and during the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea.

Results

Upon the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea, the number of patients receiving endovascular treatment to decrease temporarily but considerably. The use of emergency medical services by stroke patients increased from 91.5% before to 100.0% during the COVID-19 outbreak (p=0.025), as did the median time from symptom onset to hospital visit [median (interquartile range), 91.0 minutes (39.8-277.0) vs. 176.0 minutes (56.0-391.5), p=0.029]. Furthermore, more functionally dependent patients with disabilities were discharged home (59.5% vs. 26.1%, p=0.020) rather than staying in a regional or rehabilitation hospital. In contrast, there were no COVID-19-related changes in the times from the hospital visit to brain imaging and treatment or in the functional outcome, successful recanalization rate, or rate of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that a prehospital delay occurred during the COVID-19 outbreak, and that patients with acute stroke might have been reluctant to visit and stay in hospitals. Our findings indicate that attention should be paid to prehospital care and the behavior of patients with acute stroke during the COVID-19 outbreak.

SUBMITTER: Kim YD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840312 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Care Process of Recanalization Therapy for Acute Stroke during the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea.

Kim Young Dae YD   Nam Hyo Suk HS   Sohn Sung Il SI   Park Hyungjong H   Hong Jeong Ho JH   Kim Gyu Sik GS   Seo Kwon Duk KD   Yoo Joonsang J   Baek Jang Hyun JH   Seo Jung Hwa JH   Heo JoonNyung J   Baik Minyoul M   Lee Hye Sun HS   Heo Ji Hoe JH  

Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) 20210101 1


<h4>Background and purpose</h4>We aimed to determine whether the care process and outcomes in patients with acute stroke who received recanalization therapy changed during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea.<h4>Methods</h4>We used data from a prospective multicenter reperfusion therapy registry to compare the care process-including the time from symptom onset to treatment, number of treated patients, and discharge disposition-and treatment outcomes between before  ...[more]

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