TY - JOUR
T1 - Triage of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Confirmed COVID-19
T2 - Large Vessel Occlusion Associated With Coronavirus Infection
AU - Moshayedi, Pouria
AU - Ryan, Timothy E.
AU - Mejia, Lucido Luciano Ponce
AU - Nour, May
AU - Liebeskind, David S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2020 Moshayedi, Ryan, Mejia, Nour and Liebeskind.
PY - 2020/4/21
Y1 - 2020/4/21
N2 - The outbreak of COVID-19 has posed a significant challenge to global healthcare. Acute stroke care requires rapid bedside attendance, imaging, and intervention. However, for acute stroke patients who have a diagnosis of or are under investigation for COVID-19, the concern for nosocomial transmission moderates operational procedures for acute stroke care. We present our experience with an in-hospital stroke code called on a COVID-19-positive patient with a left middle cerebral artery syndrome and the challenges faced for timely examination, imaging, and decision to intervene. The outlook for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic necessitates the development of protocols to sustain timely and effective acute stroke care while mitigating healthcare-associated transmission.
AB - The outbreak of COVID-19 has posed a significant challenge to global healthcare. Acute stroke care requires rapid bedside attendance, imaging, and intervention. However, for acute stroke patients who have a diagnosis of or are under investigation for COVID-19, the concern for nosocomial transmission moderates operational procedures for acute stroke care. We present our experience with an in-hospital stroke code called on a COVID-19-positive patient with a left middle cerebral artery syndrome and the challenges faced for timely examination, imaging, and decision to intervene. The outlook for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic necessitates the development of protocols to sustain timely and effective acute stroke care while mitigating healthcare-associated transmission.
KW - COVID-19
KW - disease transmission
KW - large vessel occlusion (LVO)
KW - stroke—diagnosis
KW - therapy
KW - triage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084254877&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fneur.2020.00353
DO - 10.3389/fneur.2020.00353
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084254877
SN - 1664-2295
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Neurology
JF - Frontiers in Neurology
M1 - 353
ER -