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Hospital Discharge and Readmissions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic for California Acute Stroke Inpatients
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States, with approximately 795,000 new strokes occurring annually, including acute ischemic stroke (AIS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).1 The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted all levels of care for stroke patients, such as delays in initial presentation, reduction in acute therapies, limitations of in-patient resources, delays or lack of initiation of secondary stroke prevention therapy, and limitations in rehabilitation services after hospital discharge.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 23, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: George P. Albert, Daryl C. McHugh, Debra E. Roberts, Adam G. Kelly, Remi Okwechime, Robert G. Holloway, Benjamin P. George Source Type: research

MRI for all: Cheap portable scanners aim to revolutionize medical imaging
.news-article__hero--featured .parallax__element{ object-position: 47% 50%; -o-object-position: 47% 50%; } The patient, a man in his 70s with a shock of silver hair, lies in the neuro intensive care unit (neuro ICU) at Yale New Haven Hospital. Looking at him, you’d never know that a few days earlier a tumor was removed from his pituitary gland. The operation didn’t leave a mark because, as is standard, surgeons reached the tumor through his nose. He chats cheerfully with a pair of research associates who have come to check his progress with a new and potentially revolutionary device they are testing. The cylind...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - February 23, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Trends in Intensive Care Admissions and Outcomes of Stroke Patients Over 10 Years in Brazil: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Chest. 2022 Nov 5:S0012-3692(22)04049-1. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.10.033. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected stroke care worldwide. Data from low- and middle-income countries is limited.RESEARCH QUESTION: What was the impact of the pandemic in intensive care admissions and outcomes of patients with stroke, in comparison to trends over the last ten years?STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Retrospective cohort study including prospectively collected data from 165 ICUs in Brazil between 2011 and 2020. We analyzed clinical characteristics and mortality over a period of 10 years ...
Source: Chest - November 8, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Pedro Kurtz Leonardo S L Bastos Fernando G Zampieri Gabriel R de Freitas Fernando A Bozza Marcio Soares Jorge I F Salluh Source Type: research

Hospital admissions of acute cerebrovascular diseases during and after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a state-wide experience from Austria
AbstractWe investigated hospital admission rates for the entire spectrum of acute cerebrovascular diseases and of recanalization treatments for ischaemic stroke (IS) in the Austrian federal state of Styria during and also after the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave. We retrospectively identified all patients with transient ischaemic attack (TIA), IS and non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage (ICH; including intracerebral, subdural and subarachnoid bleeding types) admitted to one of the 11 public hospitals in Styria (covering  >  95% of inhospital cerebrovascular events in this region). Information was e...
Source: Journal of Neurology - September 27, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Interaction between thrombin potential and age on early clinical outcome in patients hospitalized for COVID-19
AbstractPatients with Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID ‐19) have haemostatic dysfunction and are at higher risk of thrombotic complications. Although age is a major risk factor for outcome impairment in COVID-19, its impact on coagulative patterns here is still unclear. We investigated the association of Endogenous Thrombin Potential (ETP) with thromb otic and haemorrhagic events according to different ages in patients admitted for COVID-19. A total of 27 patients with COVID‐19-related pneumonia, without need for intensive care unit admission or mechanical ventilation at hospital presentation, and 24 controls with non-C...
Source: Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis - June 10, 2021 Category: Hematology Source Type: research

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 3673: Mild to Severe Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19: Cases Reports
Alberto Barbieri The main focus of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is pulmonary complications through virus-related neurological manifestations, ranging from mild to severe, such as encephalitis, cerebral thrombosis, neurocognitive (dementia-like) syndrome, and delirium. The hospital screening procedures for quickly recognizing neurological manifestations of COVID-19 are often complicated by other coexisting symptoms and can be obscured by the deep sedation procedures required for critically ill patients. Here, we present two different case-reports of COVID-19 patients, describing neurological complica...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - April 1, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gabriele Melegari Veronica Rivi Gabriele Zelent Vincenzo Nasillo Elena De Santis Alessandra Melegari Claudia Bevilacqua Michele Zoli Stefano Meletti Alberto Barbieri Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Neurologic Emergencies during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Although minor neurologic complications of coronavirus disease 2019 are common, life-threatening neurologic emergencies are rare. Acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, venous sinus thrombosis, seizures, and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome have been described. Hospitals have seen significant changes in the volume of patients presenting with neurologic emergencies. We review what has thus far been published about the intersection of coronavirus disease 2019 and neurologic emergencies with particular attention to cerebrovascular disease and seizure. Considerations in managing the acute presentations of...
Source: Neurologic Clinics - March 26, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Julie G. Shulman, Thomas Ford, Anna M. Cervantes-Arslanian Source Type: research

Stroke Care in the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College during the COVID-19 Outbreak
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic disease globally. The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College has adopted telestroke to make stroke care accessible in remote areas. During the period January 2020 to March 2020, there was no COVID-19 case reported in our stroke center. A significant reduction of stroke admission was observed between the ischemic stroke group (235 vs. 588 cases) and the intracerebral hemorrhage group (136 vs. 150 cases) when compared with the same period last year (p #x3c; 0.001). The mean door-to-needle time (DNT) and door-to-puncture time (DPT) was 62 and 124 min, res...
Source: European Neurology - December 18, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Intracranial hemorrhage in hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 Patients: A Case Series
The SARS-CoV-2 virus causing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic with almost 30 million confirmed worldwide cases. Prothrombotic complications arising from those affected with severe symptoms have been reported in various medical journals. Currently, clinical trials are underway to address the questions regarding anticoagulation dosing strategies to prevent thrombosis for these critically ill patients. However, given the increasing use of therapeutic anticoagulation in patients admitted with COVID-19 to curtail this prothrombotic state, our institution has witnessed six cases of devastating intracrania...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 31, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Fady Mousa-Ibrahim, Stephanie Berg, Oluwatobi Odetola, Michael Teitcher, Sean Ruland Source Type: research

Cerebrovascular disease in patients with COVID-19: neuroimaging, histological and clinical description
We describe pathological and radiological data consistent with thrombotic microangiopathy caused by endotheliopathy with a haemorrhagic predisposition.
Source: Brain - July 9, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Tubuloreticular inclusions in COVID-19 –related collapsing glomerulopathy
A 79-year-old man of African ancestry, with a history of hemorrhagic stroke, monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance, and stage 3 chronic kidney disease due to hypertension, was admitted to Bichat Hospital on day 1 after the first symptom of COVID-19 (fever). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 polymerase chain reaction was positive on nasal swab. At admission, urinary dipstick was normal and plasma creatinine was 224 μmol/l. On day 4 plasma albumin was at 29 g/l and proteinuria was 11.4 g per gram of urinary creatinine (80% of albumin).
Source: Kidney International - April 26, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Fran çois Gaillard, Sophie Ismael, Aurélie Sannier, Hassan Tarhini, Thomas Volpe, Clarisse Greze, Marie Christine Verpont, Ilyass Zouhry, Christophe Rioux, François-Xavier Lescure, David Buob, Eric Daugas Tags: Nephrology Image Source Type: research