Publications by authors named "Sai Anusha Akella"
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been shown to increase the risk of stroke. However, the prevalence and risk of recurrent stroke in COVID-19 patients with prior stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), as well as its impact on mortality, are not established.
Aim: To evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and healthcare costs in patients with recurrent strokes.
Article Synopsis
- Rising obesity rates have led to an increase in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) among younger populations, prompting a study comparing metabolically healthy obese and overweight (MHOO) individuals to their non-obese counterparts (MHnOO).
- Data analysis from the National Inpatient Sample between 2016 and 2019 assessed nearly 48,000 young AIS patients, revealing a slight increase in AIS incidence primarily among MHnOO, with lower in-hospital mortality rates for MHOO patients.
- The findings suggest that obesity or overweight status does not correlate with heightened risk of AIS hospitalization, indicating an "obesity paradox" where the MHOO group displayed significantly lower odds of all-cause in-hospital mortality compared to MHnOO individuals.
Multiple myeloma (MM), constituting 10% of hematological malignancies, poses significant morbidity and mortality, especially with skeletal involvement. Bisphosphonate use in MM may lead to severe hypocalcemia due to vitamin D deficiency (VDD), exacerbating bone-marrow plasma cell burden. We aimed to assess VDD prevalence and its impact on outcomes in MM patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with an increased risk of major cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). However, data on the burden and predictors of MACCE in geriatric patients with OSA (G-OSA) remain limited.
Methods: Using the National Inpatient Sample from 2018, we identified G-OSA admissions (age ≥ 65 years) and divided them into non-MACCE vs.