Gender is emerging as a factor that may impact the trajectory of critical illness; clinical trials in critical care have largely enrolled men with little attention to equal distribution of sexes. Distribution of admission to the intensive care unit and utilization of resources differs by gender. Sex hormones are thought to impact the course of critical illness. Management and outcomes in sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome have been demonstrated to differ by gender as well as in pregnancy. Outcomes of critically ill patients may be impacted by gender.
Several studies have established an association between acute viral respiratory infections and myocardial infarction. Comparatively, other vascular events, namely strokes, and their association with viral infections have been less established in literature. Additionally, studies that have been done to evaluate the association between strokes and viral respiratory infections have been limited by self-reported data or study designs susceptible to bias. Our aim is to determine whether patients with common acute viral respiratory infections have increased risk for stroke and to determine the risk interval between the infection and stroke.
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