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Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
Print version ISSN 2225-5109On-line version ISSN 2227-4731
Abstract
RODRIGUEZ-KADOTA, Liliana; VENCES, Miguel A. and FAILOC-ROJAS, Virgilio E.. Stroke in patients with Covid-19: experiencie in a national referral hospital in Peru. Rev. Cuerpo Med. HNAAA [online]. 2021, vol.14, n.3, pp.357-361. Epub Nov 26, 2021. ISSN 2225-5109. http://dx.doi.org/10.35434/rcmhnaaa.2021.143.1257.
Background
Stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide and the current COVID-19 pandemic has a great impact on the care of these patients. Aim: To describe the characteristics of patients with a cerebrovascular event in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the medical center with the highest hospital capacity in Peru.
The Study
We conducted a retrospective study and included patients older than 18 years hospitalized with the diagnosis of COVID-19 and stroke.
Findings
A total of 26 adults were included, the mean age was 69.8 years and the median time of admission was 24 hours. Mortality was high (42.3%) and was associated with age and respiratory compromise by COVID-19. The majority of survivors had a poor functional outcome.
Conclusion
It is concluded that improvement in care processes is necessary in order to make an early diagnosis and timely treatment.
Keywords : COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Stroke; Cerebrum; mortality; Peru.
