Stroke Incidence and Outcome in a Population With COVID-19.

Autor:	Alkhalifah MM; Neurology Unit, Neurosciences Institute, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia., Banda R; Neurology Unit, Neurosciences Institute, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia., Alqudihy S; Hospital Medicine Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia., Qureshi S; Neurology Unit, Neurosciences Institute, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia., Al-Tawfiq JA; Specialty Internal Medicine and Quality Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.; Infectious Disease Division, Indiana University School of Medicine, IN, USA.; Infectious Disease Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Neurohospitalist [Neurohospitalist] 2022 Apr; Vol. 12 (2), pp. 213-217.
DOI:	10.1177/19418744211043323
Abstrakt:	Background and Purpose: COVID-19 is associated with systemic thromboembolism including stroke. The study evaluated the 30-days stroke incidence in SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive patients and described the outcome of such patients. Methods: This is a retrospective study of consecutive patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test between March 1st, 2020 and August 30th, 2020. The study included COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized and had a stroke within 30 days from the positive PCR test. Results: During the study period, there were 4301 patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test. Of those, 1786 patients (41.5%) were hospitalized and 4 patients developed a stroke within 30 days. The 30-days stroke incidence was 0.09% and 0.2% of all and hospitalized patients, respectively. The mean age of stroke patients was 78 years and 2 died during the same hospitalization. The 4 patients had comorbidities, one had pre-existing atrial fibrillation and all had ischemic stroke. Conclusion: This study showed a low 30-day incidence of stroke among COVID-19 patients. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2021.)
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