Impact of COVID-19 on the rate of stroke cases at a tertiary hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

ET Samkari, AM Alkhotani, MI Siddiqui - Neurosciences Journal, 2021 - nsj.org.sa
Objectives: To assess and quantify the impact COVID-19 has had thus far on ischemic stroke
admission rate and severity (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score) at a …

Outcome and characteristics of COVID-19 patients associated with stroke: a multicenter hospital-based study in Egypt

AH Elsheshiny, HA El Gharieb, MA Sabrh - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Nearly 55 percent of patients are said to be affected by the neurological effects
of COVID-19. COVID-19 was shown to be related with stroke in 0.9 to 5% of people. It's …

COVID-19 and stroke: experience in a Ghanaian healthcare system

FS Sarfo, NO Mensah, FA Opoku… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) causes multi-system disease
including possibly heightened stroke risk. Data from high-income countries (HIC) suggest …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the acute stroke admissions and outcomes in a Philippine tertiary hospital

LEP Quiles, PAB Diamante, JLV Pascual - Cerebrovascular Diseases …, 2022 - karger.com
Abstract Background and Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has been continuing its global
spread ever since its onset, and efforts to curb the infection in multiple reports have …

Reduction in acute stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from a National Stroke Registry

C Libruder, A Ram, Y Hershkovitz, D Tanne… - …, 2021 - karger.com
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed health-care systems worldwide, and
medical care for other acute diseases was negatively impacted. We aimed to investigate the …

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute stroke care. Experience of a comprehensive stroke center in Bulgaria.

ME Tsalta-Mladenov, PK Nikolay… - Neurology …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract Background & Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic had a significant impact on clinical practice worldwide with severe consequences …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on stroke admissions in Qatar

N Akhtar, S Al Jerdi, Z Mahfoud, Y Imam… - BMJ neurology …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims In this study, we aim to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke
admissions to a tertiary care centre in Qatar. Methods The Hamad General Hospital stroke …

Stroke admission rates before, during and after the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

ES Kristoffersen, SH Jahr, KW Faiz… - Neurological …, 2021 - Springer
Background There was a significant decrease in stroke admissions during the first phase of
the COVID-19 pandemic. There are concerns that stroke patients have not sought medical …

COVID-19 independently predicts poor outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke-Insights from a multicenter study from Pakistan and United Arab Emirates

M Khan, S Hameed, BA Soomro, S Mairaj… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Ischemic stroke associated with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has been well
recognized by now. Few studies have compared COVID related versus unrelated strokes …

Trends in stroke admissions before, during and post-peak of the COVID-19 pandemic: A one-year experience from the Qatar stroke database

N Akhtar, S Kamran, S Al-Jerdi, Y Imam, S Joseph… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Several reports document a decrease in the rates of stroke hospital admissions
during the covid-19 pandemic. There is very little information whether the admission rates …