Brief Review of Outcomes of Major Neurovascular Events in COVID-19— Taylor 2020

This is a brief audio review. In the article Outcomes and Spectrum of Major Neurovascular Events Among COVID-19 Patients: A 3-Center Experience published, 2020 by Taylor and Colleagues, The outcomes and key points are as noted: COVID-19 patients experience worse prognoses in comorbid cerebrovascular ischemia and hemorrhage. Large vessel occlusion in COVID-19 patients had worse outcomes. 12 (46%) died, 15 (58%) large vessel occlusion, 8 (53%) large vessel occlusion mortality, 9 (60%) mechanical thrombectomy, 7 (27%) intracranial hemorrhage, 8 (31%) adult respiratory distress syndrome, 7 (88%, 27%) adult respiratory distress syndrome mortality; The median admission glasgow coma score for surviving patients was 14 versus a glasgow coma score of 7 on admission for mortality-bound patients. This was Retrospective, cross-sectional, multi center, [observational] with 26 patients who were patients with cerebrovascular events and obtaining neurosurgical intensive care or neurosurgical consultation.

Taylor BES, Khandelwal P, Rallo MS, Patel P, Smith L, Sun H, Nanda A, Singla A, Roychowdhury S, Cheng RC, Lee K, Gupta G, Johnson SA. Outcomes and Spectrum of Major Neurovascular Events Among COVID-19 Patients: A 3-Center Experience. Neurosurg Open. 2020 Sep;1(3):okaa008. doi: 10.1093/neuopn/okaa008. Epub 2020 Jul 17. PMID: 34632389; PMCID: PMC7454798.