The Effects of COVID-19 on Patients with Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
; 31(7): 106512, 2022 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1796417
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The objective of this study was to evaluate how COVID-19 affects patients with acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke outcome. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
This retrospective study was performed on adult patients (> 18 years old) with stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic) who were admitted to hospital with or without COVID-19. The primary outcome was stroke-related disability, which was measured by mRS at baseline and discharge. Hospital duration, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and mortality were considered the secondary outcomes.RESULTS:
From February 2019 until August 2020, we recruited and analyzed 151 patients, 42 of whom had COVID-19 based on RT-PCR tests or lung CT scan findings. COVID-19 positive patients had higher baseline and final mRS scores than the control group (4.46 ± 0.67 vs 4.79 ± 0.61, P 0.001, 3.83 ± 1.22 vs 4.46 ± 0.67, P 0.001). Moreover, stroke patients with COVID-19 experienced a more severe disease and required a higher rate of ICU admission (17 vs 0, P0.001) and longer hospitalization compared to those without COVID-19 (8.50 ± 7.86 vs 7.5 ± 11.20, P 0.021). Also, mortality was higher in the COVID-19 group (19 vs 13, P0.001). There was not any significant differences between the two groups in terms of the involvement of cerebral arteries and type of stroke. Male sex, COVID-19, and ICU admission were the main independent risk factors for death.CONCLUSION:
The results of the study showed stroke patients (ischemic or hemorrhagic) with COVID-19 can have more disabilities and incur more hospital complications and mortality than non-COVID-19 patients.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stroke
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Hemorrhagic Stroke
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
Journal subject:
Vascular Diseases
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Brain
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106512
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