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Risk of Stroke in Hospitalized Sars-Cov-2 Infected Patients: A Multinational Study Publisher Pubmed



Shahjouei S1 ; Naderi S1, 28 ; Li J2 ; Khan A1 ; Chaudhary D1 ; Farahmand G3, 12 ; Male S4 ; Griessenauer C1 ; Sabra M5 ; Mondello S6 ; Cernigliaro A7 ; Khodadadi F8 ; Dev A8 ; Goyal N9 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Shahjouei S1
  2. Naderi S1, 28
  3. Li J2
  4. Khan A1
  5. Chaudhary D1
  6. Farahmand G3, 12
  7. Male S4
  8. Griessenauer C1
  9. Sabra M5
  10. Mondello S6
  11. Cernigliaro A7
  12. Khodadadi F8
  13. Dev A8
  14. Goyal N9
  15. Ranjiburachaloo S3, 12
  16. Olulana O1
  17. Avula V1
  18. Ebrahimzadeh SA10
  19. Alizada O11
  20. Hanci MM11
  21. Ghorbani A12
  22. Vaghefi Far A13
  23. Ranta A13, 14
  24. Punter M13, 14
  25. Ramezani M15
  26. Ostadrahimi N28
  27. Tsivgoulis G9, 16
  28. Fragkou PC17
  29. Nowrouzisohrabi P18
  30. Karofylakis E17
  31. Tsiodras S17
  32. Neshin Aghayari Sheikh S19
  33. Saberi A19
  34. Niemela M20
  35. Rezai Jahromi B20
  36. Mowla A21
  37. Mashayekhi M22
  38. Bavarsad Shahripour R9
  39. Sajedi SA23
  40. Ghorbani M24
  41. Kia A25
  42. Rahimian N26
  43. Abedi V2, 27
  44. Zand R1, 9
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Neurology Department, Neuroscience Institute, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, United States
  2. 2. Department of Molecular and Functional Genomics, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, United States
  3. 3. Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Neurology Department, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC, United States
  5. 5. Neurosciences Research Center (NRC), Lebanese University/ Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon
  6. 6. Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
  7. 7. Regional Health Authority of Sicily, Palermo, Italy
  8. 8. PES University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  9. 9. Neurology Department, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Tennessee, United States
  10. 10. Radiology Department, Yasrebi Hospital, Kashan, Iran
  11. 11. Neurosurgery Department, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
  12. 12. Neurology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  13. 13. Department of Neurology, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
  14. 14. Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
  15. 15. Neurology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  16. 16. Second Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, “Attikon� University Hospital, Athens, Greece
  17. 17. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
  18. 18. Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  19. 19. Neurology Department, Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Guilan, Iran
  20. 20. Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
  21. 21. Division of Stroke and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, California, United States
  22. 22. Internal medicine Department, Tabriz University of medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  23. 23. Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
  24. 24. Divisions of Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery and Neurology, Firoozgar Hospital and Rasoul-Akram hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  25. 25. Icahn school of medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science, New York, United States
  26. 26. Neurology Department, Yasrebi Hospital, Kashan, Iran
  27. 27. Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
  28. 28. Neurosurgery Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: EBioMedicine Published:2020


Abstract

Background: There is an increased attention to stroke following SARS-CoV-2. The goal of this study was to better depict the short-term risk of stroke and its associated factors among SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients. Methods: This multicentre, multinational observational study includes hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 patients from North and South America (United States, Canada, and Brazil), Europe (Greece, Italy, Finland, and Turkey), Asia (Lebanon, Iran, and India), and Oceania (New Zealand). The outcome was the risk of subsequent stroke. Centres were included by non-probability sampling. The counts and clinical characteristics including laboratory findings and imaging of the patients with and without a subsequent stroke were recorded according to a predefined protocol. Quality, risk of bias, and heterogeneity assessments were conducted according to ROBINS-E and Cochrane Q-test. The risk of subsequent stroke was estimated through meta-analyses with random effect models. Bivariate logistic regression was used to determine the parameters with predictive outcome value. The study was reported according to the STROBE, MOOSE, and EQUATOR guidelines. Findings: We received data from 26,175 hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 patients from 99 tertiary centres in 65 regions of 11 countries until May 1st, 2020. A total of 17,799 patients were included in meta-analyses. Among them, 156(0.9%) patients had a stroke—123(79%) ischaemic stroke, 27(17%) intracerebral/subarachnoid hemorrhage, and 6(4%) cerebral sinus thrombosis. Subsequent stroke risks calculated with meta-analyses, under low to moderate heterogeneity, were 0.5% among all centres in all countries, and 0.7% among countries with higher health expenditures. The need for mechanical ventilation (OR: 1.9, 95% CI:1.1–3.5, p = 0.03) and the presence of ischaemic heart disease (OR: 2.5, 95% CI:1.4–4.7, p = 0.006) were predictive of stroke. Interpretation: The results of this multi-national study on hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection indicated an overall stroke risk of 0.5%(pooled risk: 0.9%). The need for mechanical ventilation and the history of ischaemic heart disease are the independent predictors of stroke among SARS-CoV-2 patients. Funding: None. © 2020 The Authors
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