Risk of stroke in hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 infected patients: A multinational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an increased attention to stroke following SARS-CoV-2. The goal of this study was to better depict the short-term risk of stroke and its associated factors among SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients.

Methods

This multicentre, multinational observational study includes hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 patients from North and South America (United States, Canada, and Brazil), Europe (Greece, Italy, Finland, and Turkey), Asia (Lebanon, Iran, and India), and Oceania (New Zealand). The outcome was the risk of subsequent stroke. Centres were included by non-probability sampling. The counts and clinical characteristics including laboratory findings and imaging of the patients with and without a subsequent stroke were recorded according to a predefined protocol. Quality, risk

SUBMITTER: Shahjouei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7429203 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature