Author Interviews, COVID -19 Coronavirus, Stroke / 06.04.2021
COVID-19: Fewer Hospitalizations for Subarachnoid Brain Bleeding During Pandemic
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Dr. Thanh Nguyen MD
Director of Interventional Neurology/ Neuroradiology
Boston Medical Center
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, there were many regional and sometimes national reports of declines in stroke and myocardial infarction volumes. Our goal was to understand whether these declines were also seen for other neurological emergencies such as subarachnoid hemorrhage hospitalizations and ruptured aneurysm endovascular treatments. (more…)