id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-302517-7vmyxbe9 Díaz-Pérez, Carolina Acutely altered mental status as the main clinical presentation of multiple strokes in critically ill patients with COVID-19 2020-08-17 .txt text/plain 1559 103 39 title: Acutely altered mental status as the main clinical presentation of multiple strokes in critically ill patients with COVID-19 We present two critically ill patients with COVID-19 who presented acutely altered mental status as the main manifestation of multiple strokes. CONCLUSION: Acutely altered mental status might be the main manifestation of multiple brain infarctions in critically ill COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 patients who presented acutely altered mental status as the main manifestation of multiple strokes. Although the most common findings in stroke are focal neurological deficits, ischemic lesions in those patients might be due to multifocal and distal vessel occlusions which could more frequently manifest as an altered mental status [9] . In conclusion, acutely altered mental status might be the main manifestation of multiple brain infarctions in critically ill COVID-19 patients and should be specially considered in those with suspected COVID-19-associated coagulopathy. ./cache/cord-302517-7vmyxbe9.txt ./txt/cord-302517-7vmyxbe9.txt