2021
Prior Stroke and Age Predict Acute Ischemic Stroke Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Derivation and Validation Study
Peng TJ, Jasne AS, Simonov M, Abdelhakim S, Kone G, Cheng YK, Rethana M, Tarasaria K, Herman AL, Baker AD, Yaghi S, Frontera JA, Sansing LH, Falcone GJ, Spudich S, Schindler J, Sheth KN, Sharma R. Prior Stroke and Age Predict Acute Ischemic Stroke Among Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Derivation and Validation Study. Frontiers In Neurology 2021, 12: 741044. PMID: 34675873, PMCID: PMC8524436, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.741044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute ischemic strokeHospitalized COVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 cohortNeurologic symptomsPrior strokeIschemic strokeAIS patientsDerivation cohortControl cohortRisk of AISMultivariable logistic regression modelIschemic stroke riskCOVID-19 severityYale New Haven HealthLogistic regression modelsHospital presentationIndependent predictorsStroke riskMajor health systemsHigh riskPatientsYounger ageCohortStroke
2020
Stroke Code Presentations, Interventions, and Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jasne AS, Chojecka P, Maran I, Mageid R, Eldokmak M, Zhang Q, Nystrom K, Vlieks K, Askenase M, Petersen N, Falcone GJ, Wira CR, Lleva P, Zeevi N, Narula R, Amin H, Navaratnam D, Loomis C, Hwang DY, Schindler J, Hebert R, Matouk C, Krumholz HM, Spudich S, Sheth KN, Sansing LH, Sharma R. Stroke Code Presentations, Interventions, and Outcomes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Stroke 2020, 51: 2664-2673. PMID: 32755347, PMCID: PMC7446978, DOI: 10.1161/str.0000000000000347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overBetacoronavirusBrain IschemiaCohort StudiesComorbidityConnecticutCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19DyslipidemiasEmergency Medical ServicesEthnicityFemaleHumansHypertensionIncomeInsurance, HealthIntracranial HemorrhagesMaleMedically UninsuredMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePandemicsPneumonia, ViralRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexStrokeSubstance-Related DisordersTelemedicineThrombectomyThrombolytic TherapyTime-to-TreatmentConceptsComprehensive stroke centerStroke codePatient characteristicsStroke severityStroke code patientsHistory of hypertensionStroke-like symptomsCoronary artery diseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicPatient-level dataLower median household incomePublic health initiativesDisease 2019 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemicRace/ethnicityCode patientsHospital presentationPublic health insuranceRankin ScaleStroke centersArtery diseaseReperfusion timeStroke symptomsEarly outcomesConnecticut hospitals