A case-control analysis of stroke in COVID-19 patients: Results of unusual manifestations of COVID-19-study 11.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated the incidence, predictor variables, clinical characteristics, and stroke outcomes in patients with COVID-19 seen in emergency departments (EDs) before hospitalization.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed all COVID-19 patients diagnosed with stroke during the COVID-19 outbreak in 62 Spanish EDs. We formed two control groups: COVID-19 patients without stroke (control A) and non-COVID-19 patients with stroke (control B). We compared disease characteristics and four outcomes between cases and controls.

Results

We identified 147 strokes in 74,814 patients with COVID-19 seen in EDs (1.96‰, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.66‰ to 2.31‰), being lower than in non-COVID-19 patients (6,541/1,388,879, 4.71‰, 95% CI = 4.60‰ to 4.83‰; odds ratio [OR] = 0.4

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Lamberechts EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8653054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature