Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Recent studies suggested an increased incidence of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We evaluated the volume of CVT hospitalization and in-hospital mortality during the 1st year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the preceding year.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective study of 171 stroke centers from 49 countries. We recorded COVID-19 admission volumes, CVT hospitalization, and CVT in-hospital mortality from January 1, 2019, to May 31, 2021. CVT diagnoses were identified by International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10) codes or stroke databases. We additionally sought to compare the same metrics in the first 5 months of 2021 compared to the corresponding months in 2019 and

SUBMITTER: Nguyen TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9194544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature