Canadian Stroke Best Practice Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Divisions Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Toronto Western Hospital Stroke Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Regional Stroke Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ WorkHORSE Consulting Inc., London, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine (Neurology), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹¹ Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Eric E Smith et al. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;47(4):474-478.

doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.74. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Divisions Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Toronto Western Hospital Stroke Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Regional Stroke Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ WorkHORSE Consulting Inc., London, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine (Neurology), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
¹¹ Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Clinical practice guidelines; Coronavirus 2019; Knowledge translation; Prevention; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Telestroke.

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