COVID-19 and stroke, a case series and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases continue to increase around the World. Typical symptoms include fever and respiratory illness but a constellation of multisystem involvement including central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) have been reported with COVID...

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Autores principales: Elkhider, Hisham, Ibrahim, Faisal, Sharma, Rohan, Sheng, Sen, Jasti, Madhu, Lotia, Mitesh, Kapoor, Nidhi, Onteddu, Sanjeeva, Mueed, Sajjad, Allam, Hesham, Nalleballe, Krishna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33173859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100172
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases continue to increase around the World. Typical symptoms include fever and respiratory illness but a constellation of multisystem involvement including central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) have been reported with COVID-19. Acute ischemic strokes (AIS) have also been reported as a complication. METHODOLOGY: We analyzed patient characteristics, clinical outcomes, laboratory results and imaging results of four patients with COVID-19 who had AIS. RESULTS: All four patients were =< 60 years, had hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia, elevated D-dimer and inflammatory markers. CONCLUSION: Ischemic strokes are known complications in patients with severe COVID-19.

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