Does gender influences outcome of stroke in COVID+ and COVID- patients: a large collaborative study in Northern Italy
European Journal of Neurology
; 29:72, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1978446
ABSTRACT
Background and aims:
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first wave in Italy caused a decrease of hospital admissions, delays in reperfusion treatments and an overall worse outcome in COVID+ patients with stroke. However, few data are available on outcome of stroke stratified by gender.Methods:
A multi-center observational study on neurological complications in COVID-19 patients was conducted in 19 Neurology Units by the Italian society of Hospital Neuroscience (SNO). Adult patients admitted to Neurological units between March-April 2020 with ischaemic stroke were recruited. Demographic, clinical, treatment and outcome data were compared in patients with (COVID19+) and without COVID-19 (COVID19-), as well as in male and female patients.Results:
812 patients with ischemic stroke were enrolled (682 COVID-, 129 COVID+);males were 54.1% and 52.7%. Intra-hospital mortality was 31.9% in COVID+ patients (38.6% in male and 27.8% in female) and 7.2% in COVID- (8.4% in males and 6% in females). Male patients with COVID+ were more likely to have cPAP (30.9% vs 14.8%;p=0.03) or being intubated (14.9% vs 3.3%;p=0.02) than females. Reperfusion treatment was administered more frequently in women if COVID- (34.5% vs 29.8%), while less frequently if COVID+ (11.5% vs 29.4%;p=0.01). COVID+ patients had a higher frequency of ESUS than COVID- (31.8% vs 22.3%;p=0.02), with a higher frequency in COVID+ females compared to males (36.1% vs 27.9%).Conclusion:
Our study detected some differences due to gender in ischaemic stroke with and without COVID-19. Multivariate analyses is ongoing to define predictors of mortality across gender categories.
adult; cerebrovascular accident; complication; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; demography; female; gender; human; in-hospital mortality; ischemic stroke; Italy; major clinical study; male; mortality; nervous system; neurological complication; neurology; neuroscience; observational study; outcome assessment; reperfusion
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Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
European Journal of Neurology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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