Publications
COVID-19-related strokes are associated with increased mortality and morbidity: A multicenter comparative study from Bengaluru, South India
Thomas Mathew, Saji K John, GRK Sarma, Raghunandan Nadig, Shiva Kumar R, Uday Murgod, Manjunath Mahadevappa, Mahendra Javali, Purushottam Thammaya Acharya, Guruprasad Hosurkar, Pramod Krishnan , Vikram Kamath , Sagar Badachi, Delon D Souza, Rajesh B Iyer , Rajesh Karalumangala Nagarajaiah , Bawani Anand, Sujit Kumar, Suresh Kodapala , Sonia Shivde, Amrutha Avati , Rohit Baddala, Prasanth Babu Potharlanka, Sravanthi Pavuluri, Abhinaya Varidireddy, Poonam Awatare, Nandavar Shobha, Umashankar Renukaradhya, S Praveen Kumar, Jayachandran Ramachandran, Ramesh Arumugam, Saikanth Deepalam, Sharath Kumar, Vikram Huded Background
COVID-19-related strokes are increasingly being diagnosed across the world. Knowledge about the clinical profile, imaging findings, and outcomes is still evolving. Here we describe the characteristics of a cohort of 62 COVID-19-related stroke patients from 13 hospitals, from Bangalore city, south India.
Objective
To describe the clinical profile, neuroimaging findings, interventions, and outcomes in COVID-19-related stroke patients.
Methods
This is a multicenter retrospective study of all COVID-19-related stroke patients from 13 hospitals from south India; 1st June 2020–31st August 2020. The demographic, clinical, laboratory, and neuroimaging data were collected along with treatment administered and outcomes. SARS–CoV-2 infection was confirmed in all cases by RT-PCR testing. The data obtained from the case records were entered in SPSS 25 for statistical analysis.
