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cord-290216-kui8g3w6	Balestrino, Maurizio	Request of hospital care dropped for TIA but remained stable for stroke during COVID-19 pandemic at a large Italian university hospital	2020-10-15		.txt	text/plain	2120	108	56	We analyzed statistically the number of transient ischemic attacks (TIA), ischemic strokes (IS) and hemorrhagic strokes (HS) between March 8 and May 2, 2020, the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, and compared them with the identical period of 2019. We aimed at finding if and how the pandemic changed the incidence of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, and of transient ischemic attacks, at the Policlinic San Martino Hospital in Genoa, Italy, a regional "hub" and tertiary stroke care center. We analyzed statistically the observed numbers of transient ischemic attacks (TIA), ischemic strokes (IS) and hemorrhagic strokes (HS) at the Policlinic San Martino Hospital in Genoa, Italy, a regional "hub" and tertiary stroke care center. Incidence of TIA dropped significantly across almost all the study period; however, we did not observe a comparable, significant decrease of ischemic strokes.	./cache/cord-290216-kui8g3w6.txt	./txt/cord-290216-kui8g3w6.txt