Characteristics and outcomes of 100 consecutive patients with acute stroke and COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic started as a respiratory illness. Now, there are increasing reports of its hypercoagulable and thrombotic complications [1] leading to stroke [2,3]. Initial studies suggested strokes to be a feature of severe and late COVID-19 [2,4]; usually occurring in the second week of illness after the onset of typical respiratory symptoms [4]. Recent studies identified these even in mild to moderate infection [5,6]. A recent meta-analysis also noted that 24.5% of patients with stroke symptoms did not experience any of the other typical COVID- 19 symptoms [6].

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - February 16, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Rajesh Benny, Rakeshsingh K. Singh, Anil Venkitachalam, Rakesh Shyam Lalla, Rahul A. Pandit, Keyur C. Panchal, Vibhor Pardasani, Gunjan Chanchalani, Mheboob Basle, Vyankatesh Bolegave, Hunnur Manoj, Ashutosh N. Shetty, Amit M. Shah, Pawan Pai, Nilesh M. B Source Type: research