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ReviewJournal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2022

Characteristics and comparisons of acute stroke in "recovered" to "active COVID-19 and "pre-pandemic" in Qatar database.

Naveed Akhtar, Fatma Abid, Rajvir Singh, Saadat Kamran, Yahia Imam, Salman Al Jerdi, Sarah Salameh, Rand Al Attar, Muhammad Yasir, Hammad Shabir and 4 more

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Review in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Naveed AkhtarThe Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. nakhtar@hamad.qa.
Fatma AbidInfectious Diseases Section, Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Rajvir SinghCardiology Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Saadat KamranThe Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Yahia ImamThe Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Salman Al JerdiWeill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar.
Sarah SalamehInfectious Diseases Section, Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Rand Al AttarInfectious Diseases Section, Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Muhammad YasirEmergency Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Hammad ShabirMedicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Deborah MorganThe Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Sujatha JosephThe Neuroscience Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Muna AlMaslamaniInfectious Diseases Section, Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Ashfaq ShuaibDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3380-7068
Hamad Medical Corporation · QAUniversity of Alberta · CAWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the relationship of COVID-19 to stroke is important. We compare characteristics of pre-pandemic stroke (PPS), cases in acute COVID infection (CS) and in patients who have recovered from COVID-19 infection (RCS). We interrogated the Qatar stroke database for all stroke admissions between Jan 2020 and Feb 2021 (PPS) to CS and RCS to determine how COVID-19 affected ischemic stroke sub-types, clinical course, and outcomes prior to, during and post-pandemic peak. There were 3264 cases admitted (pre-pandemic: 3111, stroke in COVID-19: 60 and recovered COVID-19 stroke: 93). Patients with CS were significantly younger, had more severe symptoms, fever on presentation, more ICU admissions and poor stroke recovery at discharge when compared to PPS and RCS. Large vessel disease and cardioembolic disease was significantly higher in CS compared to PPS or RCS. There was a significant decline in stroke mimics in CS. Stroke in RCS has characteristics similar to PPS with no evidence of lasting effects of the virus on the short-term. However, CS is a more serious disease and tends to be more severe and have a poor prognosis.

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COVID-19Ischemic StrokeStrokeHumansPandemicsQatarCOVID-19Ischemic strokeOutcomePost-CovidStroke severity

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PMID35244832
PMCPMC8894126
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