Maintaining Stroke Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries : World Stroke Organization Position Statement Endorsed by American Stroke Association and American Heart Association

For more than a year, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had a devastating effect on global health. High-, low, and middle-income countries are struggling to cope with the spread of newer mutant strains of the virus. Delivery of acute stroke care remains a priority despite the pandemic. In order to maintain the time-dependent processes required to optimize delivery of intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular therapy, most countries have reorganized infrastructure to optimize human resources and critical services. Low-and-middle income countries (LMIC) have strained medical resources at baseline and often face challenges in the delivery of stroke systems of care (SSOC). This position statement aims to produce pragmatic recommendations on methods to preserve the existing SSOC during COVID-19 in LMIC and propose best stroke practices that may be low cost but high impact and commonly shared across the world.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Stroke - 53(2022), 3 vom: 08. März, Seite 1043-1050

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pandain, Jeyaraj D [VerfasserIn]
Panagos, Peter D [VerfasserIn]
Sebastian, Ivy A [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Gisele Sampaio [VerfasserIn]
Furie, Karen L [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Owolabi, Mayowa O [VerfasserIn]
Caso, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Alrukn, Suhail A [VerfasserIn]
World Stroke Organization and American Stroke Association Writing Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute stroke therapy
COVID-19
Developing countries
Journal Article
Pandemic
Review
Services
Stroke care
Stroke systems

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Date Completed 08.03.2022

Date Revised 08.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/STR.0000000000000394

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337579644