online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.In the study, researchers found that two in every 100 patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 will suffer a stroke, and 35 per cent will die as a result of both conditions.“As stroke neurologists, we need a new mindset to be able to promptly diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19 related strokes,” said Dr.
Sebastian Fridman, assistant professor, clinical neurological sciences, at Western’s Schulich Medicine and Dentistry and a research fellow at Lawson.