作者
Hisham Elkhider, Faisal Ibrahim, Rohan Sharma, Sen Sheng, Madhu Jasti, Mitesh Lotia, Nidhi Kapoor, Sanjeeva Onteddu, Sajjad Mueed, Hesham Allam, Krishna Nalleballe
发表日期
2020/12/1
来源
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity-Health
卷号
9
页码范围
100172
出版商
Elsevier
简介
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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