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Figures
- Figure 1
Weekly admissions for stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in the first 16 weeks of 2019 and 2020. Data from five medical centres in Boston, New York City, Providence and Seattle.
- Figure 2
Weekly emergency department (ED) stroke alert activations in the first 16 weeks of 2019 and 2020. Data from three medical centres in New York City, Providence and Seattle.
Tables
- Table 1
Stroke and TIA admissions, emergency department stroke alerts, stroke severity and delay to hospital presentation during the COVID-19 pandemic at US medical centres
2019
25 March to 21 April2020
23 March to 19 April*Stroke/TIA admissions, n 410 281 Stroke only† 391 274 TIA only 19 7 ED stroke alerts, n‡ 561 301 Baseline NIHSS, median score (range) 7 (7–10) 10 (8–11) Stroke symptom onset to hospital arrival, median hours (range) 6.9 (5.4–8.0) 7.6 (4.9–12.5) *Univariate analyses comparing 2020 with 2019 measures were statistically significant (p<0.01), except for median time from stroke symptom onset to hospital arrival (p=0.14).
†Includes admissions for ischaemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage.
‡Including three medical centres in New York City, Providence and Seattle with available data.
ED, emergency department; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.
