Acta Med Philipp
December 2024
Objective: This study aimed to determine the incidence of encephalopathy among hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Methods: This was a retrospective observational study conducted in a tertiary hospital in Cebu City, Philippines. This study is a complete enumeration of all records of adult patients admitted for COVID-19 detected through polymerase chain reaction from March 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021.
Background: Among the multiple scoring systems for hemorrhagic transformation, only few of these address spontaneous hemorrhagic transformation after an ischemic stroke, with most done with Western population data.
Objectives: This study aims to identify the predictors for hemorrhagic transformation among patients with ischemic stroke admitted in a tertiary hospital in Cebu City, Philippines.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with ischemic stroke admitted in a tertiary hospital in Cebu City.
Background: The effect of atrial fibrillation (AF) patterns and clinical biomarkers among patients with AF-related stroke is still controversial.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to determine the association of the pattern of AF and markers on routine blood tests with the outcome of patients after an AF-related stroke.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with stroke and AF admitted in a tertiary hospital in Cebu City from 2015-2022.