Background: Ischemic stroke is a known complication of COVID-19. It may have a different pathogenesis and worse outcome compared to stroke in patients without COVID-19. Furthermore, patients with COVID-19 and out-of-hospital stroke onset might have different characteristics compared to patients with COVID-19 and in-hospital stroke onset. The aim of our study was to analyze the characteristics of patients with stroke with and without COVID-19 and of patients with COVID-19 with in-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of all consecutive patients admitted to our hospital with ischemic stroke between October 2020 and February 2021. We compared functional outcome, lab test, demographic, and clinical characteristics between patients with or without COVID-19. We performed a sub-analysis comparing patients with COVID-19 and in-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke onset. Results: We included in the final analysis 137 patients of whom 26 with COVID-19. Half (13) had out-of-hospital stroke and half in-hospital stroke onset. Overall, patients with COVID-19 had higher mortality compared to the control group (27% vs 9%, p: 0.02), and non-significantly lower rate of good functional outcome (50% vs 63%, p: 0.22). Patients with COVID-19 and out-of-hospital stroke had higher rate of good functional outcome (69% vs 39%, p: 0.05), higher lymphocyte count, and lower D-dimer compared with patients with in-hospital stroke onset. Conclusions: Patients with stroke and COVID-19 had higher mortality compared to patients without COVID-19. Among patients with COVID-19 those with out-of-hospital stroke had better outcome and fewer blood test abnormalities compared to patients with in-hospital stroke.

In-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke in patients with COVID-19: two different diseases? / Ciolli, L.; Righi, V.; Vandelli, G.; Giacobazzi, L.; Biagioli, N.; Marzullo, D.; Vandelli, L.; Rosafio, F.; Vinceti, G.; Maffei, S.; Picchetto, L.; Dell'Acqua, M. L.; Borzi, G. M.; Ricceri, R.; Bigliardi, G.; Meletti, S.. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-1874. - 43:4(2022), pp. 2203-2210. [10.1007/s10072-021-05807-w]

In-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke in patients with COVID-19: two different diseases?

Vinceti G.;Meletti S.
2022

Abstract

Background: Ischemic stroke is a known complication of COVID-19. It may have a different pathogenesis and worse outcome compared to stroke in patients without COVID-19. Furthermore, patients with COVID-19 and out-of-hospital stroke onset might have different characteristics compared to patients with COVID-19 and in-hospital stroke onset. The aim of our study was to analyze the characteristics of patients with stroke with and without COVID-19 and of patients with COVID-19 with in-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of all consecutive patients admitted to our hospital with ischemic stroke between October 2020 and February 2021. We compared functional outcome, lab test, demographic, and clinical characteristics between patients with or without COVID-19. We performed a sub-analysis comparing patients with COVID-19 and in-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke onset. Results: We included in the final analysis 137 patients of whom 26 with COVID-19. Half (13) had out-of-hospital stroke and half in-hospital stroke onset. Overall, patients with COVID-19 had higher mortality compared to the control group (27% vs 9%, p: 0.02), and non-significantly lower rate of good functional outcome (50% vs 63%, p: 0.22). Patients with COVID-19 and out-of-hospital stroke had higher rate of good functional outcome (69% vs 39%, p: 0.05), higher lymphocyte count, and lower D-dimer compared with patients with in-hospital stroke onset. Conclusions: Patients with stroke and COVID-19 had higher mortality compared to patients without COVID-19. Among patients with COVID-19 those with out-of-hospital stroke had better outcome and fewer blood test abnormalities compared to patients with in-hospital stroke.
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In-hospital and out-of-hospital stroke in patients with COVID-19: two different diseases? / Ciolli, L.; Righi, V.; Vandelli, G.; Giacobazzi, L.; Biagioli, N.; Marzullo, D.; Vandelli, L.; Rosafio, F.; Vinceti, G.; Maffei, S.; Picchetto, L.; Dell'Acqua, M. L.; Borzi, G. M.; Ricceri, R.; Bigliardi, G.; Meletti, S.. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-1874. - 43:4(2022), pp. 2203-2210. [10.1007/s10072-021-05807-w]
Ciolli, L.; Righi, V.; Vandelli, G.; Giacobazzi, L.; Biagioli, N.; Marzullo, D.; Vandelli, L.; Rosafio, F.; Vinceti, G.; Maffei, S.; Picchetto, L.; Dell'Acqua, M. L.; Borzi, G. M.; Ricceri, R.; Bigliardi, G.; Meletti, S.
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