Abstract:Background and Purpose:The COVID-19 pandemic has affected stroke care delivery. New triage systems have affected the code stroke process and lead to longer treatment times. We aimed to describe the clinical features of stroke during the pandemic and its' effect on the code stroke process.Methods: A descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study was conducted in all stroke codes between March 1, 2020, and June 30, 2020. Demographic data, vascular risk factors, clinical symptoms (both neurological and resp… Show more
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