Risk of ischemic stroke in patients recovered from COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data regarding the risk of ischemic stroke within 1 year after the post-acute phase of COVID-19 remain scant. We assess the risk of ischemic stroke in COVID-19 survivors after SARS-CoV-2 infection by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available data.

Methods

Following the PRISMA guidelines, we searched Medline and Scopus to locate all articles published up to February 11, 2023, reporting the risk of incident ischemic stroke in adult patients recovered from COVID-19 infection compared to non-infected patients (controls) defined as those who did not experience the infection over the same follow-up period. Ischemic stroke risk was evaluated using the Mantel-Haenszel random effects models with adjusted Hazard ratio (HR) as the effect measure with

SUBMITTER: Zuin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10372514 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature