Telestroke at Comprehensive Stroke Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Conditions studied: Stroke, Acute

In brief

TELEstroke to CAre for STroke Patients at a Comprehensive Stroke Center (TELECAST-CSC) during the COVID-19 pandemic is a pre-post study evaluating guideline-based acute ischemic stroke care following the implementation of inpatient telestroke at a comprehensive stroke center during the COVID-19 global pandemic. TELECAST-CSC compares two cohorts: the "in-person phase" (December 1, 2019-March 15, 2020), when all inpatient stroke team care was delivered conventionally in-person and the "telestroke phase" (March 16, 2020-June 29, 2020) when all inpatient stroke team care was delivered exclusively via telestroke as part of our healthcare system's pandemic response. We studied the following primarily clinical endpoints: diagnostic stroke evaluation, secondary stroke prevention, health screening and evaluation, stroke education, mortality, and stroke recurrence and readmission rates.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04761874

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

296

Starts

2019-12-01

Expected to finish

2020-09-29

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 and above
• Patients with the primary diagnosis of ischemic stroke admitted to Fairview Southdale Hospitals
• Evidence of stroke on MRI or CT or clinical diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke by the treating stroke service.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients less than 18 years old
• Patients who leave the hospital against medical advice
• Patients with goals of care that impact the stroke evaluation (i.e. comfort measures)
• Patients who have an alternative diagnosis
• Patients who opt out of the study

Where it is running

• M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital — Edina, Minnesota, United States

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