Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on young stroke

Neurology Asia

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Abuzer COSKUN¹  Burak DEMIRCI¹ 

[1] Department of Emergency Medicine, İstanbul Bağcılar Education and Research Hospital

关键词: COVID-19 Pandemic;    Cerebrovascular Stroke;    Mortality;    Emergency Department;   

DOI  :  10.54029/2023ffi

学科分类：精神健康和精神病学

来源: Association of South East Asian Nations

【 摘 要 】

Background & Objective: Covid-19 infection has diverse effect on human health. We aimed to evaluatethe effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the young stroke cases in an emergency services in a tertiaryhospital in Istanbul, Turkey. Method: A total of 86 patients younger than 50 years confirmed to havestroke seen between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020 were included in the study. The year2019 was defined as the pre-pandemic period and the year 2020 as the pandemic period. The patients’stroke type, localization, mortality, laboratory and imaging data were evaluated. Results: Eighty-sixpatients were included in the study. The mean age was 38.69±5.39 years, 49 (57%) were female. Ofthe patients, 78 (90.7%) were ischemic and 8 (9.3%) were hemorrhagic stroke. In the pandemic group,ischemic stroke was observed in 55 (96.5%) and hemorrhagic stroke in 2 (3.5%) (p=0.010). While themean age of the patients in the survival group was 39.24±5.70 years, it was 36.61±3.38 years in themortality group (p=0.008). While the mortality was 18 (20.9%) overall, it was 16 (18.6%) patientsduring the pandemic period, and 2 (2.3%) patients in the pre-pandemic period, the difference wasstatistically significant. (p=0.014).Conclusion: COVID-19 infection appear to increase the risk of ischemic stroke and worsens themortality among the young. More comprehensive and prospective studies are needed to confirm thisobservation.

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