This article is a Preprint
Preprints are preliminary research reports that have not been certified by peer review. They should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information.
Preprints posted online allow authors to receive rapid feedback and the entire scientific community can appraise the work for themselves and respond appropriately. Those comments are posted alongside the preprints for anyone to read them and serve as a post publication assessment.
COVID-19 and Ischemic Stroke (preprint)
researchsquare; 2020.
Preprint
in English
| PREPRINT-RESEARCHSQUARE | ID: ppzbmed-10.21203.rs.3.rs-49338.v1
ABSTRACT
Background:
SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19 disease. It was identified in December 2019 and rapidly evolved into a pandemic. During the outbreak of COVID-19, researches demonstrated its effect on many systems, including the nervous system. In our clinic, we have reported an impact of SARS-CoV-2, causing the ischaemic stroke.Case Report A 62-year-old Sudanese male with some comorbidities brought to the A&E with fever, chest symptoms, and acute evolving left-sided hemiplegia power grade 0/5 MRCS with left upper motor neuron facial palsy. Investigations CT brain right middle cerebral artery MCA infarction. CT- chest bilateral ground-glass appearance. COVID-19 Test was positive. elevated D-dimer and C-reactive protein.Discussion:
A retrospective study of data from the COVID-19 outbreak in China showed that the incidence of stroke among hospitalized patients was approximately 5%. The fact that COVID-19 is an acute inflammatory condition associated with an increased incidence of fatty plaques formation, injury of the vascular wall, and hypercoagulability, causing brain infarct can be a reasonable hypothesis.ConclusionPatients with COVID-19 are at increased risk of thrombo-embolization, leading to arterial and venous cerebrovascular accident. This case report enhances the importance of further studies to clarify the relationship between stroke and COVID-19.
Full text:
Available
Collection:
Preprints
Database:
PREPRINT-RESEARCHSQUARE
Main subject:
Thoracic Injuries
/
Cerebral Infarction
/
Thrombophilia
/
Stroke
/
Brain Infarction
/
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
/
Facial Paralysis
/
Venous Thromboembolism
/
Fever
/
COVID-19
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Preprint
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS