Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients
Neurological manifestations in patients with COVID–19 are more frequently being reported. Cerebrovascular events have been reported in around 3% of patients. In this review we summarize the published literature on cerebrovascular events in patients with COVID-19 as available on the PubMed database....
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| author | Ajay Kumar Mishra Kamal Kant Sahu Anu Anna George Jennifer Sargent Amos Lal |
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| description | Neurological manifestations in patients with COVID–19 are more frequently being reported. Cerebrovascular events have been reported in around 3% of patients. In this review we summarize the published literature on cerebrovascular events in patients with COVID-19 as available on the PubMed database. So far, 3 studies have reported cerebrovascular events. Cerebrovascular events were identified on screening patients with decreased consciousness or in the presence of focal neurological deficits. These events were common in elderly, critically ill patients and in patients with prior cardio-cerebrovascular comorbidities. The diagnosis of cerebrovascular events was confirmed with computed tomography of the brain in most studies reporting neurological events. Multiple pathological mechanisms have been postulated regarding the process of neurological and vascular injury among which cytokine storm is shown to correlate with mortality. Patients with severe illness are found to have a higher cardio- cerebrovascular comorbidity. With an increasing number of cases and future prospective studies, the exact mechanism by which these cerebrovascular events occur and attribute to the poor outcome will be better understood. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-937815135a044fa98eff12f835bfacf22022-12-22T03:18:05ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642020-06-0190210.4081/monaldi.2020.1341Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patientsAjay Kumar Mishra0Kamal Kant Sahu1Anu Anna George2Jennifer Sargent3Amos Lal4Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MADepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MADepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MADepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MADepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MNNeurological manifestations in patients with COVID–19 are more frequently being reported. Cerebrovascular events have been reported in around 3% of patients. In this review we summarize the published literature on cerebrovascular events in patients with COVID-19 as available on the PubMed database. So far, 3 studies have reported cerebrovascular events. Cerebrovascular events were identified on screening patients with decreased consciousness or in the presence of focal neurological deficits. These events were common in elderly, critically ill patients and in patients with prior cardio-cerebrovascular comorbidities. The diagnosis of cerebrovascular events was confirmed with computed tomography of the brain in most studies reporting neurological events. Multiple pathological mechanisms have been postulated regarding the process of neurological and vascular injury among which cytokine storm is shown to correlate with mortality. Patients with severe illness are found to have a higher cardio- cerebrovascular comorbidity. With an increasing number of cases and future prospective studies, the exact mechanism by which these cerebrovascular events occur and attribute to the poor outcome will be better understood.https://monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1341COVID-19cerebrovascular eventsimagingmechanismoutcome |
| spellingShingle | Ajay Kumar Mishra Kamal Kant Sahu Anu Anna George Jennifer Sargent Amos Lal Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease COVID-19 cerebrovascular events imaging mechanism outcome |
| title | Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients |
| title_full | Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients |
| title_fullStr | Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients |
| title_short | Cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients |
| title_sort | cerebrovascular events in covid 19 patients |
| topic | COVID-19 cerebrovascular events imaging mechanism outcome |
| url | https://monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1341 |
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