Cerebrovascular disease is associated with an increased disease severity in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A pooled analysis of published literature

My God, even the International Journal of Stroke is fucking out-of-date(only 14 years) on stroke being a neurological disease NOT a cardiovascular disease. THIS is why they need to be destroyed and run by survivors. Incompetence can't be allowed to fester any longer in stroke.

WHO reclassified stroke in 2006, now a neurological disease not cardiovascular disease?

 

Cerebrovascular disease is associated with an increased disease severity in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A pooled analysis of published literature

Gaurav Aggarwal, Giuseppe Lippi*, Brandon Michael Henry*

First Published April 20, 2020 Review Article

https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493020921664

Article information

Abstract

Introduction

There is an urgent need to identify patients at high risk during the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Whether a history of stroke is associated with increased severity of disease or mortality is unknown.

Method

We pooled studies from published literature to assess the association of a history of stroke with outcomes in patients with COVID-19.

Results

A pooled analysis of 4 studies showed a ∼2.5-fold increase in odds of severe COVID-19. While a trend was observed, there was no statistically significant association of stroke with mortality in patients with COVID-19 infection.

Discussion

Our findings are limited by a small number of studies and sample size.

Conclusion

There is a ∼2.5-fold increase in odds of severe COVID-19 illness with a history of cerebrovascular disease.(Shouldn't this be worded or neurological disease(stroke)?)