Hypertension, diabetes common in COVID-19 patients with life-threatening brain complications – Health Imaging

For their study, Freeman and colleagues analyzed COVID-19 patients who received head CT and/or MR imaging at their health system between January and April. During those four months, 1,357 patients were admitted and 81 underwent a brain scan. Most received their exam due to an altered mental state and speech and vision problems.
Overall, 1 in 5 of these individuals had emergency or critical findings, including stroke, brain bleed or blocked blood vessels. Whats more, at least half had preexisting…

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