Abstract

CHAVES, Liliana. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stroke patients: a narrative literature review. RPER [online]. 2020, vol.3, suppl.1, pp.29-33.  Epub Jan 05, 2022. ISSN 2184-965X.  https://doi.org/10.33194/rper.2020.v3.s2.4.5785.

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.

Keywords : stroke; coronavirus; pandemic.