Research Article
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence, Prehospital Evaluation, and Presentation of Ischemic Stroke at a Nonurban Comprehensive Stroke Center
Table 2
EMS time parameters for all patients and patients with a final diagnosis of stroke.
| | All patients | Stroke patients | | 2019 (pre-COVID-19) | 2020 (COVID-19 era) | value | 2019 (pre-COVID-19) | 2020 (COVID-19 era) | value |
| | LKW to dispatch (median, IQR) | 67 (19–347) | 126 (12–310) | | 70 (23–441) | 126 (11.5–291.5) | | | Time on scene (median, IQR) | 16 (11.5–21) | 14 (10–17) | | 17 (11.5–21.25) | 14 (13–17.5) | | | Dispatch to ED (median, IQR) | 45 (34–50.5) | 45 (39–54) | | 44.5 (34–49) | 52 (42–59) | |
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All times in minutes. LKW: last known well; ED: emergency department. Mann–Whitney U test was used to compare EMS time parameters.
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