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SynthesisArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2023

Intracranial hemorrhages in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review of the literature, regarding six cases in an Amazonian population.

William de Sousa Lima, Marcelo Henrique Pereira Soares, Eric Homero Albuquerque Paschoal, Joelma Karin Sagica Fernandes Paschoal, Fernando Mendes Paschoal, Edson Bor-Seng-Shu

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Synthesis in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

William de Sousa LimaUniversidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia do Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Belém PA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6961-9694
Marcelo Henrique Pereira SoaresUniversidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia do Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Belém PA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6440-2162
Eric Homero Albuquerque PaschoalUniversidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia do Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Belém PA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6995-8466
Joelma Karin Sagica Fernandes PaschoalUniversidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia do Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Belém PA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6720-9720
Fernando Mendes PaschoalUniversidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia do Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Belém PA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3438-1019
Edson Bor-Seng-ShuUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia do Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6713-8974
Universidade Federal do Pará · BRHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a public health emergency worldwide, predominantly affecting the respiratory tract. However, evidence supports the involvement of extrapulmonary sites, including reports of intracranial hemorrhages.

objectiveTo describe six original cases and review the literature on intracranial hemorrhages in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by molecular methods.

methodsA systematic literature review was performed on MEDLINE, PubMed, and NCBI electronic databases to identify eligible studies. Of the total 1,624 articles retrieved, only 53 articles met the inclusion criteria.

resultsThe overall incidence of intracranial hemorrhage in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 was 0.26%. In this patient group, the mean age was 60 years, and the majority were male (68%) with initial respiratory symptoms (73%) and some comorbidity. Before the diagnosis of hemorrhage, 43% of patients were using anticoagulants, 47.3% at therapeutic doses. The intraparenchymal (50%) was the most affected compartment, followed by the subarachnoid (34%), intraventricular (11%), and subdural (7%). There was a predominance of lobar over non-lobar topographies. Multifocal or multicompartmental hemorrhages were described in 25% of cases. Overall mortality in the cohort studies was 44%, while around 55% of patients were discharged from hospital.

conclusionDespite the unusual association, the combination of these two diseases is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity, as well as more severe clinicoradiological presentations. Further studies are needed to provide robust evidence on the exact pathophysiology behind the occurrence of intracranial hemorrhages after COVID-19 infection.

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COVID-19AnticoagulantsCohort StudiesFemaleHemorrhageHumansIntracranial HemorrhagesMaleMiddle AgedAnticoagulants

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