THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON STROKE PATIENTS: A NARRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW
In December 2019, the China Popular Republic informed the world that an outbreak caused by a highly contagious coronavirus, capable of developing severe cases of bilateral pneumonia, had been detected. The disease spread throughout the world and, in March 2020, the World Health Organization consider...
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Associação Portuguesa dos Enfermeiros de Reabilitação,
2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | In December 2019, the China Popular Republic informed the world that an outbreak caused by a highly contagious coronavirus, capable of developing severe cases of bilateral pneumonia, had been detected. The disease spread throughout the world and, in March 2020, the World Health Organization considered it a pandemic. Since social isolation measures have been instituted in various parts of the world, it was considered urgent to reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke patients to obtain some important subsidies for the future. Therefore, a narrative literature review was carried out and it was found that the state of the art reveals that there was a significant decrease in stroke patients admitted to hospital units, as well as a decrease in consultations, health education sessions and treatments, including rehabilitation, which is particularly worrying in a population that has already shown a high rate of unmet needs. |
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| Item Description: | 2184-3023 10.33194/rper.2020.v3.s2.4.5785 |