A new study found that patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had a higher risk of stroke, compared with patients with infectious diseases such as influenza and sepsis in prior studies.
Those who had an ischemic stroke were more likely to be older, male, black race, or with high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes or irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) compared with COVID-19 patients. another, according to late blight science presented today at the 2021 American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference.
The meeting was held almost March 17-19, 2021 and is the first global meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health.
For this analysis, researchers accessed the American Heart Association’s COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Index to study stroke risk among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, their demographic characteristics, medical history, and side survival. hospital interior. COVID-19 Table data extracted for this study included more than 20,000 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 across the U.S. between January and November 2020.
“These findings suggest that COVID-19 may increase the risk for stroke, although the exact mechanism for this is not known for sure,” said study lead author Saate S. Shakil, MD , a cartographer at the University of Washington in Seattle. “As the pandemic continues, we discover that coronavirus is not just a respiratory illness, but a viral infection that can affect many organ systems.”
Two hundred and eighty-one individuals (1.4 percent) in the COVID-19 CVD Table on stroke were confirmed by study imaging during hospitalization. Of these, 148 patients (52.7 percent) had an ischemic stroke; 7 patients (2.5 percent) had a transient ischemic attack (TIA); and 127 patients (45.2 percent) experienced a bloating stroke or an undiagnosed type of stroke.
The analysis of COVID-19 patients also found that: – Those with any type of stroke were more likely to be male (64 percent) and older (average age 65) than patients without stroke (mean age 61).
Forty-four percent of patients who experienced an ischemic stroke also had Type 2 diabetes vs. about one-third of patients had no stroke, and most had high blood pressure (80 percent). -some ischemic stroke patients compared with non-stroke patients (58 percent);
Eighteen percent of ischemic stroke patients had atrial fibrillation, and 9 percent of those without stroke had atrial fibrillation;
Patients who had a stroke spent an average of 22 days in hospital, compared with 10 days in hospital for non-stroke patients; and
In-hospital deaths were more than twice as high among stroke patients (37 percent) compared with non-stroke patients (16 percent).
In addition, the risk of stroke varied by race. Black patients made up 27 percent of the patients in the COVID-19 CVD Registry bath for this analysis; however, 31 percent of cases of ischemic stroke were among black patients.
“We know that COVID-19 pandemic disease has had a disproportionate impact on color communities, but our research shows that Black Americans may be at higher risk for ischemic stroke after getting a virus, too, “Shakil said.” A stroke alone can have a devastating effect and recovering from COVID-19 is often a difficult path for those who survive. Together, they can impose a high tax on patients who have acquired both conditions. “
Shakil said, “It is more important than ever that we prevent the spread of COVID-19 through public health interventions and widespread vaccination.
(Only the headline and image of this report may have been reworked by Industry Status staff; the rest of the content is automatically generated from syndicated feeds.)
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