Outcomes of COVID-19 complications and their possibilities as potential triggers of stroke

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a pandemic like no other seen in our times. It has impacted the entire globe affecting more than 180 countries with 81.9 million cases and 1.7 million deaths as of December 29, 20201. Unlike other virus-related spread, COVID-19 since its early days is known to have a high infection rate as well as high mortality, which in turn has resulted in such a devastating impact across the world. The mortality rates among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection without stroke range from 22% to 45%2,3, but the mortality was very high (38%) in stroke patients with COVID-19 infections4.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - April 7, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Urvish Patel, Preeti Malik, Deep Mehta, Priyanka Rajput, Mashu Shrivastava, Madiha Naveed, Eseosa Urhoghide, Mehwish Martin, Shamima Somi, Richa Jaiswal, Achint Patel, Avantika Israni, Jagmeet Singh, Asim Kichloo, Shamik Shah, Abhishek Lunagariya Source Type: research