Secondary prevention for elderly patients with cerebral infarction under outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019
Received:February 28, 2020  
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DOI:10.11915/j.issn.1671-5403.2020.04.062
Key words:aged  cerebral infarction  2019 novel coronavirus  secondary prevention This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Project
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QIU Feng Department of Neurology, Beijing 100048, China bjqxk@sina.comsecondary 
MIAO Yan Department of Neurology, Beijing 100048, China bjqxk@sina.comsecondary 
BIAN Yang Cadre′s Ward, the Sixth Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China bjqxk@sina.comsecondary 
WANG Kun-Yu Department of Neurology, Beijing 100048, China bjqxk@sina.comsecondary 
LI Hong-Lian Department of Neurology, Harbin Fourth Hospital, Harbin 150000, China bjqxk@sina.comsecondary 
QI Xiao-Kun Department of Neurology, Beijing 100048, China bjqxk@sina.comsecondary 
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Abstract:
      Cerebral infarction is the most common type of stroke, and is of high incidence rate, mortality rate, disability rate and recurrence rate. Elderly patients with cerebral infarction are characterized by difficulty in self-care, cognitive dysfunction, needing more family caregivers, more medical intervention measures, and longer time for nursing and rehabilitation. In late December 2019, a pulmonary epidemic caused by 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) broke out in China, and until now, the situation is still very serious in its prevention and control. Therefore, it is of great importance to make adjustments to secondary prevention strategy for the elderly patients with cerebral infarction. This paper elucidates the adjustments in the aspects of the protection, seeking medical advice, follow-up, management of complications, and so on, in order to provide reference for clinicians.
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