Neurovascular and infectious disease phenotype of acute stroke patients with and without COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The infectious disease phenotype of acute stroke associated with COVID-19 has been poorly characterized.

Objective

We investigated the neurovascular and infectious disease phenotype of stroke patients with and without COVID-19 infection, and their effect on in-hospital mortality.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with acute stroke, admitted to any ward of a hub hospital for stroke in Lombardy, Italy, during the first wave of COVID-19. Demographic, neurovascular, infectious disease, and respiratory characteristics were collected. The effect of clinical variables on survival was evaluated using logistic regression models.

Results

One hundred thirty-seven patients with acute stroke were recruited; 30 (21.9%) patients h

SUBMITTER: Beretta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125531 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature