Increased carotid intima-media thickness is associated with higher odds of unfavorable outcomes in adults without advanced vascular diseases presenting with non-severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a nested case-control study.

Aim: To evaluate the association between carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) at hospital admission and unfavorable outcomes in adults without advanced vascular diseases presenting with non-severe COVID-19 pneumonia to assess the feasibility of evaluating CIMT as a risk stratification aid in this setting.

Methods: This proof-of-concept nested case-control study enrolled consecutive non-vaccinated adults free of advanced vascular diseases presenting with verified non-severe COVID-19 pneumonia between December 2020 and June 2021. CIMT was measured at admission, and patients were managed in line with the national Ministry of Health guidelines.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Stroke: A Systematic Review.

Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and debilitating illness that accompanies many neurological disorders, including stroke.

Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to identify and critically appraise all published studies that have reported the frequency, severity, and time course of PTSD after stroke, the factors associated with its development, and its impact on patients' lives.

Material And Methods: The PubMed EMBASE, PsycINFO, and Ovid Nursing databases were searched for studies published in English that had recruited at least 10 patients (>18 years old) after stroke and who were also diagnosed with PTSD.

Croatian study on COVID-19-positive stroke patients during the second wave of the pandemic.

Aim: To investigate stroke characteristics in patients with concomitant coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in Croatia during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This retrospective study investigated the characteristics of two groups of ischemic stroke patients: those who developed COVID-19 infection before stroke and those who developed the infection during the hospital stay after stroke onset. Stroke etiology was classified according to the Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification.

What the Aftermath of the Global Pandemic Will Mean for Neurologists.

The emergence of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has had a widespread public health impact, thus causing a significant socioeconomic burden [...

Public Interest in Neurological Diseases on Wikipedia during Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic.

Infodemiology is a research discipline that investigates parameters of information distribution in order to support public health and public policy. Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia, is commonly used as a source of information for infodemiological studies. Using Pageviews analysis, we descriptively assessed the total monthly number of views of the Wikipedia articles in English describing main neurological diseases in the period from January 2018 to July 2020.

Prevalence and correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder after ischaemic stroke.

Although most often considered a consequence of traumatic event, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also occurs after illness. The aim of this study was to establish prevalence of PTSD in patients with ischaemic stroke (IS) and its correlation to lesion location, degree of disability, age, gender and marital status. The study included 85 patients with IS.