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cord-345437-j3akzx10	Perry, Richard	What has caused the fall in stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic?	2020-06-29		.txt	text/plain	692	40	66	During the current COVID-19 pandemic there has been a decline in stroke admissions in centres all over the world [1, 2] and no doubt this phenomenon has contributed to the sharp fall in the number of patients attending Emergency Departments in England during March 2020 [3] . These are the patients most likely to decide to manage their stroke at home, perhaps for fear of the risk of contracting COVID-19 whilst in hospital. They are the most likely to have their neurological symptoms missed at a time of severe respiratory illness from the virus, or to be turned away from overstretched emergency services rather than being directed into the stroke pathway [4] . Figure 1 shows the distribution of stroke severities (using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) in admissions to our Hyperacute Stroke Unit for two 40-day periods: before the decline in emergency admissions in England [3] (1st February to 12th March, blue triangles) and after it (1st April to 11th May 2020, red circles).	./cache/cord-345437-j3akzx10.txt	./txt/cord-345437-j3akzx10.txt