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. 2020 Aug 18;28(7):481–487. doi: 10.1177/1357633X20943327

Table 1.

Total number of consultations for January–April 2020, divided into 2-week periods but without adjustments for different lengths of the month. Data in square brackets show data from 2017–2019 in mean values and standard deviation.


Teleconsultation Stroke Network TEMPIS 2020
01–15 Jan 2020 16–31 Jan 2020 01–15 Feb 2020 16–29 Feb 2020 01–15 Mar 2020 16–31 Mar 2020 01–15 Apr 2020 16–30 Apr 2020
Total COVID-pos. cases in Bavaria 0 0 0 5 1231 18,061 35,808 42,782
Consultations2017–2019 mean  ± SD 270 [230  ±  12] 263 [257  ± 18 ] 256 [237  ±  17] 237 [213  ± 5 ] 276 [246  ± 19 ] 197 [263  ± 39 ] 179 [232  ± 17 ] 197 [225  ± 8 ]
Ischemic stroke2017–2019 mean  ± SD 132 (49%) [95  ±  12] 124 (47%)[122  ± 9 ] 111 (43%) [104  ± 5 ] 114 (48%) [99  ± 6 ] 119 (43%) [120  ± 8 ] 85 (43%) [118  ± 25 ] 80 (45%) [106  ±  19] 85 (43%) [111  ±  10]
IV thrombolysis2017–2019 mean  ± SD 21 (16%) [9.7  ± 1.5] 18 (15%) [18.4  ± 1.7] 16 (14%) [15.3  ± 2.9] 17 (15%) [13.6  ± 6] 13 (11%) [18  ± 2] 7 (8%) [16.4  ± 5.4] 6 (8%) [17.6  ± 2.1] 10 (5%) [14.7  ± 2.1] p = 0.7912 n.s. p = 0.0234
Thrombectomy2017–2019mean  ± SD 14 (11%) [4  ± 2.6] 8 (6%) [8.1  ± 3.1] 10 (9%) [6  ± 1.7] 10 (9%) [5  ± 2.7] 14 (12%) § [6.3  ± 1.2] 4 (5%) [9.3  ± 5.7] 5 (6%) [7.7  ± 0.6] 10 (5%) §§ [7.3  ± 4.7] §p = 0.0016§§p = 0.1719 n.s.
TIA2017–2019 mean  ± SD 49 (18%) [43  ± 7 ] 40 (15%) [48  ± 8] 52 (20%) [47  ± 7] 52 (22%) [37  ± 5 ] 46 (17%) [40  ± 5] 39 (20%) [47  ± 8] 43 (24%) [48  ± 8] 39 (20%) [46  ± 2]
ICH2017–2019 mean  ± SD 7 (3%) [5.7  ± 1.5] 14 (6%) [9.3  ± 0.6] 9 (4%) [10.3  ± 4] 10 (4%) [11  ± 5.2] 14 (5%) [10.3  ± 2.4] 9 (5%) [14.3  ± 1.5] 9 (5%) [7.7  ± 5.1] 9 (5%) [10  ± 4.6]
 ICB 7 6 7 6 7 6 6 5
 SAH 0 6 1 4 5 1 1 2
 SDH 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 3
Seizure 8 (3%) 11 (4%) 13 (5%) 11 (5%) 11 (4%) 15 (7%) 10 (5%) 15 (8%)
Migraine 9 (3%) 3 (1%) 1 (1%) 5 (2%) 9 (3%) 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 2 (1%)
Others2017–2019 mean  ± SD 65 (24%) [61.3  ± 15.6] 71 (27%) [63  ± 5.6] 70 (27%) [61.3  ± 18.1] 45 (19%) [50.7  ± 11] 76 (28%) [65.7  ± 10.8] 47 (24%) [70.3  ± 19] 35 (20%) [52.7  ± 11.7] 47 (24%) [39.3  ± 7.4]

ICB: intracranial bleeding; ICH: intracranial haemorrhage; SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage; SDH: subdural hematoma; TIA: transient ischemic attacks. Bold numbers are only bold for better readability.

p = 0.7912 n.s.

p = 0.0234

§p = 0.0016

§§p = 0.1719 n.s.