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Optimized Management of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Published on: January 18, 2018
Management of acute ischemic stroke in patients with COVID-19 infection: Insights from an international panel
Adnan I Qureshi1, Foad Abd-Allah2, Fahmi Al-Senani3
1Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute and Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Objective:
To present guidance for clinicians caring for adult patients with acuteischemic stroke with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection.
Methods:
The summary was prepared after review of systematic literature reviews,reference to previously published stroke guidelines, personal files, and expert opinionby members from 18 countries.
Results:
The document includes practice implications for evaluation of stroke patientswith caution for stroke team members to avoid COVID-19 exposure, during clinicalevaluation and conduction of imaging and laboratory procedures with specialconsiderations of intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy in strokepatients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection.
Results:
Conclusions-The summary is expected to guide clinicians caring for adult patientswith acute ischemic stroke who are suspected of, or confirmed, with COVID-19infection.
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