Valerio Brunetti, Aldobrando Broccolini, Pietro Caliandro, Riccardo Di Iorio, Mauro Monforte, Roberta Morosetti, Carla Piano, Fabio Pilato, Simone Bellavia, Jessica Marotta, Irene Scala, Alessandro Pedicelli, Mariano Alberto Pennisi, Anselmo Caricato, Cinzia Roberti, Maria Concetta Altavista, Alessandro Valenza, Marisa Distefano, Emanuela Cecconi, Martina Fanella, Sabina Roncacci, Miriam Tasillo, Paolo Calabresi, Giovanni Frisullo, Giacomo Della Marca
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 outbreak highly impacted the acute ischemic stroke care management. The primary end point of the study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and the following lockdown measures on our hub-and-spoke network; the secondary end point was to evaluate if the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak was different in hub-and-spoke centers. METHODS: This was a retrospective multicenter observational study conducted at the Stroke Units of Policlinico Gemelli, Ospedale San Filippo Neri, Ospedale di Belcolle, and Ospedale San Camillo de Lellis...
January 15, 2021: Neurological Sciences