Authors
Sami Al Kasab, Eyad Almallouhi, Ali Alawieh, Michael R Levitt, Pascal Jabbour, Ahmad Sweid, Robert M Starke, Vasu Saini, Stacey Q Wolfe, Kyle M Fargen, Adam S Arthur, Nitin Goyal, Abhi Pandhi, Isabel Fragata, Ilko Maier, Charles Matouk, Jonathan A Grossberg, Brian M Howard, Peter Kan, Muhammad Hafeez, Clemens M Schirmer, R Webster Crowley, Krishna C Joshi, Stavropoula I Tjoumakaris, Shakeel Chowdry, William Ares, Christopher Ogilvy, Santiago Gomez-Paz, Ansaar T Rai, Maxim Mokin, Waldo Guerrero, Min S Park, Justin R Mascitelli, Albert Yoo, Richard Williamson, Andrew Walker Grande, Roberto Javier Crosa, Sharon Webb, Marios N Psychogios, Andrew F Ducruet, Christine A Holmstedt, Andrew J Ringer, Alejandro M Spiotta
Publication date
2020/11/1
Journal
Journal of neurointerventional surgery
Volume
12
Issue
11
Pages
1039-1044
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Background
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many centers altered stroke triage protocols for the protection of their providers. However, the effect of workflow changes on stroke patients receiving mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has not been systematically studied.
Methods
A prospective international study was launched at the initiation of the COVID-19 pandemic. All included centers participated in the Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry (STAR) and Endovascular Neurosurgery Research Group (ENRG). Data was collected during the peak months of the COVID-19 surge at each site. Collected data included patient and disease characteristics. A generalized linear model with logit link function was used to estimate the effect of general anesthesia (GA) on in-hospital mortality and discharge outcome controlling for confounders.
Results
458 patients and 28 centers were included from North America …
Scholar articles
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