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Is a high chest CT severity score a risk factor for an increased incidence of long-term neuroimaging findings after COVID-19?
- Source :
- Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association. 32(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- We aimed to determine the incidences of neuroimaging findings (NIF) and investigate the relationship between the course of pneumonia severity and neuroimaging findings.Our study was a retrospective analysis of 272 (18 years) COVID-19 patients who were admitted between "March 11, 2021, and September 26, 2022". All patients underwent both chest CT and neuroimaging. The patient's chest CTs were evaluated for pneumonia severity using a severity score system (CT-SS). The incidence of NIF was calculated. NIF were categorized into two groups; neuroimaging positive (NIP) and neuroimaging negative (NIN). Consecutive CT-SS changes in positive and negative NIF patients were analyzed.The median age of total patients was 71; IQR, 57-80. Of all patients, 56/272 (20.6%) were NIP. There was no significant relationship between NIP and mortality (p = 0.815) and ICU admission (p = 0.187). The incidences of NIF in our patients were as follows: Acute-subacute ischemic stroke: 47/272 (17.3%); Acute spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage: 13/272 (4.8%); Cerebral microhemorrhages: 10/272 (3.7%) and Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: 3/25 (10.7%). Temporal change of CT-SSs, there was a statistically significant increase in the second and third CT-SSs compared to the first CT-SS in both patients with NIP and NIN.Our results showed that since neurological damage can be seen in the late period and neurological damage may develop regardless of pneumonia severity.
- Subjects :
- Rehabilitation
Surgery
Neurology (clinical)
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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- ISSN :
- 15328511
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....826eeab32d73f0e389273d548dcbc99c