Acute Stroke Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Confinement Impact Eligibility for Endovascular Therapy?
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ID Serval
serval:BIB_D68722769D81
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Acute Stroke Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Confinement Impact Eligibility for Endovascular Therapy?
Périodique
Stroke
ISSN
1524-4628 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0039-2499
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
08/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
51
Numéro
8
Pages
2593-2596
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Multicenter Study ; Observational Study
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Health Organization recommended measures to mitigate the outbreak such as social distancing and confinement. Since these measures have been put in place, anecdotal reports describe a decrease in the number of endovascular therapy (EVT) treatments for acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion. The purpose of our study was to determine the effect on EVT for patients with acute ischemic stroke during the COVID-19 confinement. In this retrospective, observational study, data were collected from November 1, 2019, to April 15, 2020, at 17 stroke centers in countries where confinement measures have been in place since March 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic (Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Canada, and United States). This study included 1600 patients treated by EVT for acute ischemic stroke. Date of EVT and symptom onset-to-groin puncture time were collected. Mean number of EVTs performed per hospital per 2-week interval and mean stroke onset-to-groin puncture time were calculated before confinement measures and after confinement measures. Distributions (non-normal) between the 2 groups (before COVID-19 confinement versus after COVID-19 confinement) were compared using 2-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The results show a significant decrease in mean number of EVTs performed per hospital per 2-week interval between before COVID-19 confinement (9.0 [95% CI, 7.8-10.1]) and after COVID-19 confinement (6.1 [95% CI, 4.5-7.7]), (P<0.001). In addition, there is a significant increase in mean stroke onset-to-groin puncture time (P<0.001), between before COVID-19 confinement (300.3 minutes [95% CI, 285.3-315.4]) and after COVID-19 confinement (354.5 minutes [95% CI, 316.2-392.7]). Our preliminary analysis indicates a 32% reduction in EVT procedures and an estimated 54-minute increase in symptom onset-to-groin puncture time after confinement measures for COVID-19 pandemic were put into place.
Mots-clé
Brain Ischemia/therapy, Coronavirus Infections, Disease Management, Eligibility Determination, Endovascular Procedures/statistics & numerical data, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral, Quarantine, Retrospective Studies, Spain, Stroke/therapy, Time-to-Treatment, Treatment Outcome, COVID-19, goal, groin, pandemic, standard of care
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13/08/2020 13:19
Dernière modification de la notice
31/10/2023 8:09