TY - JOUR
T1 - Global Impact of COVID-19 on Stroke Care and IV Thrombolysis
AU - Nogueira, Raul G
AU - Qureshi, Muhammed M
AU - Abdalkader, Mohamad
AU - Martins, Sheila Ouriques
AU - Yamagami, Hiroshi
AU - Qiu, Zhongming
AU - Mansour, Ossama Yassin
AU - Sathya, Anvitha
AU - Czlonkowska, Anna
AU - Tsivgoulis, Georgios
AU - Aguiar de Sousa, Diana
AU - Demeestere, Jelle
AU - Mikulik, Robert
AU - Vanacker, Peter
AU - Siegler, James E
AU - Kõrv, Janika
AU - Biller, Jose
AU - Liang, Conrad W
AU - Sangha, Navdeep S
AU - Zha, Alicia M
AU - Czap, Alexandra L
AU - Holmstedt, Christine Anne
AU - Turan, Tanya N
AU - Ntaios, George
AU - Malhotra, Konark
AU - Tayal, Ashis
AU - Loochtan, Aaron
AU - Ranta, Annamarei
AU - Mistry, Eva A
AU - Alexandrov, Anne W
AU - Huang, David Y
AU - Yaghi, Shadi
AU - Raz, Eytan
AU - Sheth, Sunil A
AU - Mohammaden, Mahmoud H
AU - Frankel, Michael
AU - Bila Lamou, Eric Guemekane
AU - Aref, Hany M
AU - Elbassiouny, Ahmed
AU - Hassan, Farouk
AU - Menecie, Tarek
AU - Mustafa, Wessam
AU - Shokri, Hossam M
AU - Roushdy, Tamer
AU - Sarfo, Fred S
AU - Alabi, Tolulope Oyetunde
AU - Christensen, Hanne Krarup
AU - Iversen, Helle Klingenberg
AU - Truelsen, Thomas Clement
AU - Wienecke, Troels
AU - SVIN COVID-19 Global Stroke Registry
N1 - © 2021 American Academy of Neurology.
PY - 2021/6/8
Y1 - 2021/6/8
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To measure the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of IV thrombolysis (IVT), IVT transfers, and stroke hospitalizations over 4 months at the height of the pandemic (March 1 to June 30, 2020) compared with 2 control 4-month periods.METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational, retrospective study across 6 continents, 70 countries, and 457 stroke centers. Diagnoses were identified by their ICD-10 codes or classifications in stroke databases.RESULTS: There were 91,373 stroke admissions in the 4 months immediately before compared to 80,894 admissions during the pandemic months, representing an 11.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] -11.7 to -11.3,
p < 0.0001) decline. There were 13,334 IVT therapies in the 4 months preceding compared to 11,570 procedures during the pandemic, representing a 13.2% (95% CI -13.8 to -12.7,
p < 0.0001) drop. Interfacility IVT transfers decreased from 1,337 to 1,178, or an 11.9% decrease (95% CI -13.7 to -10.3,
p = 0.001). Recovery of stroke hospitalization volume (9.5%, 95% CI 9.2-9.8,
p < 0.0001) was noted over the 2 later (May, June) vs the 2 earlier (March, April) pandemic months. There was a 1.48% stroke rate across 119,967 COVID-19 hospitalizations. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was noted in 3.3% (1,722/52,026) of all stroke admissions.
CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a global decline in the volume of stroke hospitalizations, IVT, and interfacility IVT transfers. Primary stroke centers and centers with higher COVID-19 inpatient volumes experienced steeper declines. Recovery of stroke hospitalization was noted in the later pandemic months.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To measure the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of IV thrombolysis (IVT), IVT transfers, and stroke hospitalizations over 4 months at the height of the pandemic (March 1 to June 30, 2020) compared with 2 control 4-month periods.METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational, retrospective study across 6 continents, 70 countries, and 457 stroke centers. Diagnoses were identified by their ICD-10 codes or classifications in stroke databases.RESULTS: There were 91,373 stroke admissions in the 4 months immediately before compared to 80,894 admissions during the pandemic months, representing an 11.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] -11.7 to -11.3,
p < 0.0001) decline. There were 13,334 IVT therapies in the 4 months preceding compared to 11,570 procedures during the pandemic, representing a 13.2% (95% CI -13.8 to -12.7,
p < 0.0001) drop. Interfacility IVT transfers decreased from 1,337 to 1,178, or an 11.9% decrease (95% CI -13.7 to -10.3,
p = 0.001). Recovery of stroke hospitalization volume (9.5%, 95% CI 9.2-9.8,
p < 0.0001) was noted over the 2 later (May, June) vs the 2 earlier (March, April) pandemic months. There was a 1.48% stroke rate across 119,967 COVID-19 hospitalizations. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was noted in 3.3% (1,722/52,026) of all stroke admissions.
CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a global decline in the volume of stroke hospitalizations, IVT, and interfacility IVT transfers. Primary stroke centers and centers with higher COVID-19 inpatient volumes experienced steeper declines. Recovery of stroke hospitalization was noted in the later pandemic months.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85106084873
U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011885
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011885
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33766997
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 96
SP - e2824-e2838
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 23
ER -