Authors
Hyun Jin Han, Keun Young Park, Junhyung Kim, Woosung Lee, Yun Ho Lee, Chang Ki Jang, Kwang-Chun Cho, Sang Kyu Park, Joonho Chung, Young Sub Kwon, Yong Bae Kim, Jae Whan Lee, So Yeon Kim
Publication date
2021/10/10
Journal
Yonsei Medical Journal
Volume
62
Issue
10
Pages
911
Publisher
Yonsei University College of Medicine
Description
Purpose
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the emergency medical care system worldwide. We analyzed the changes in the management of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and compared the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 eras.
Materials and Methods
From March to October of the COVID-19 era (2020), 83 consecutive patients with ICH were admitted to four comprehensive stroke centers. We retrospectively reviewed the data of patients and compared the treatment workflow metrics, treatment modalities, and clinical outcomes with the patients admitted during the same period of pre-COVID-19 era (2017–2019).
Results
Three hundred thirty-eight patients (83 in COVID-19 era and 255 in pre-COVID-19 era) were included in this study. Symptom onset/detection-to-door time [COVID-19; 56.0 min (34.0–106.0), pre-COVID-19; 40.0 min (27.0–98.0), p= 0.016] and median door to-intensive …
Total citations
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