Alessandra Fanciulli, Fabian Leys, Magdalena Krbot Skorić, Diogo Reis Carneiro, Giovanna Calandra-Buonaura, Jennifer Camaradou, Giacomo Chiaro, Pietro Cortelli, Cristian Falup-Pecurariu, Roberta Granata, Pietro Guaraldi, Raimund Helbok, Max J Hilz, Valeria Iodice, Jens Jordan, Evert C A Kaal, Anita Kamondi, Anne Pavy Le Traon, Isabel Rocha, Johann Sellner, Jean Michel Senard, Astrid Terkelsen, Gregor K Wenning, Elena Moro, Thomas Berger, Roland D Thijs, Walter Struhal, Mario Habek
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of the coronavirus-disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on European clinical autonomic practice. METHODS: Eighty-four neurology-driven or interdisciplinary autonomic centers in 22 European countries were invited to fill in a web-based survey between September and November 2021. RESULTS: Forty-six centers completed the survey (55%). During the first pandemic year, the number of performed tilt-table tests, autonomic outpatient and inpatient visits decreased respectively by 50%, 45% and 53%, and every-third center reported major adverse events due to postponed examinations or visits...
March 15, 2023: European Journal of Neurology