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Current Recommendations for the Management of Stroke Patients in the Middle East in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic; Statement from the MENA SINO.
Al Hashmi, Amal M; Ozdemir, Atilla Ozcan; Shuaib, Ashfaq; Al-Jehani, Hosam; Mansour, Ossama Yassin; Alhazzani, Adel; Aladhem, Farid; Farhoudi, Mehdi; John, Seby; Saqqur, Maher.
  • Al Hashmi AM; Central Stroke Unit, Ministry of Health of Oman, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman Sr Consultant Neurologist, Head Central Stroke Unit Oman.
  • Ozdemir AO; Division of Neurology, Neurocritical Care, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey.
  • Shuaib A; Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
  • Al-Jehani H; Department of Neurosurgery, Interventional Neuroradiology &Critical Care Medicine, King Fahad Hospital of the university, Imam Abdulrahman, AL Khobar Saudi Arabia.
  • Mansour OY; Alexandria Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurology.
  • Alhazzani A; Neurology Unit, Medicine Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Aladhem F; Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
  • Farhoudi M; Neuroscience Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
  • John S; Neurology and Neurointerventional Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • Saqqur M; Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Trillium Hospital, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga ON Canada. Electronic address: msaqqur@ualberta.ca.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis ; 29(11): 105181, 2020 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-663887
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic has led to a change in the way we manage acute medical illnesses. This pandemic had a negative impact on stroke care worldwide. The World Stroke Organization (WSO) has raised concerns due to the lack of available care and compromised acute stroke services globally. The numbers of thrombolysis and thrombectomy therapies are declining. As well as, the rates and door-to treatment times for thrombolysis and thrombectomy therapies are increasing. The stroke units are being reallocated to serve COVID-19 patients, and stroke teams are being redeployed to COVID-19 centers. Covid 19 confirmed cases and deaths are rising day by day. This pandemic clearly threatened and threatening all stroke care achievements regionally. Managing stroke patients during this pandemic is even more challenging at our region. The Middle East and North Africa Stroke and Interventional Neurotherapies Organization (MENA-SINO) is the main stroke organization regionally. MENA-SINO urges the need to developing new strategies and recommendations for stroke care during this pandemic. This will require multiple channels of interventions and create a protective code stroke with fast triaging path. Developing and expanding the tele-stroke programs are urgently required. There is an urgent need for enhancing collaboration and cooperation between stroke expertise regionally and internationally. Integrating such measures will inevitably lead to an improvement and upgrading of the services to a satisfactory level.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Thrombolytic Therapy / Thrombectomy / Coronavirus Infections / Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Stroke Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa / Asia Language: English Journal: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis Journal subject: Vascular Diseases / Brain Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Thrombolytic Therapy / Thrombectomy / Coronavirus Infections / Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Stroke Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa / Asia Language: English Journal: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis Journal subject: Vascular Diseases / Brain Year: 2020 Document Type: Article