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Neurological complications in critical patients with COVID-19.
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- Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion : A Systematic Literature Review.Clinical neuroradiology · 2024Pooled it
- Neurological manifestations of COVID-19: a systematic review and detailed comprehension.The International journal of neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Electrophysiological assessment in patients with COVID-19-related peripheral neuropathies and myopathies: a systematic review.Journal of neurophysiology · 2023Pooled it
- Brain MRI findings in severe COVID-19 patients: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Neuroimaging Findings in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Korean journal of radiology · 2021Pooled it
- Encephalitis as a neurological complication of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of incidence, outcomes, and predictors.European journal of neurology · 2021Pooled it
- The characteristic change of autoimmune encephalitis after the COVID-19 epidemic in Guangxi, China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Neurological complications after COVID-19: A narrative review.eNeurologicalSci · 2023Review
- COGNITIVE, NEUROLOGICAL, NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ALTERATIONS IN POST-COVID-19 PATIENTS.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2023Article
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- Subclinical finding in the perception of tactile sensation involvement after SARS-CoV2 infection: comparison with healthy controls using Semmes-Weinstein monofilament testing.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Skeletal Muscle Manifestations and Creatine Kinase in COVID-19.The Neurohospitalist · 2022Article
- The Prevalence of Dizziness and Vertigo in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- COVID-19 severity is associated with worsened neurological outcomes in multiple sclerosis and related disorders.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2022Article
- Autoimmune Encephalitis in COVID-19 Infection: Our Experience and Systematic Review of the Literature.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Neurologic complications of coronavirus and other respiratory viral infections.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2022Review
- Post-COVID symptoms of potential peripheral nervous and muscular origin.Neurology perspectives · 2021Review
- [SARS-CoV-2 infection: Possible underdiagnosis of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis].Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionWe analysed the neurological complications of patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection who required intensive care unit (ICU) admission. PATIENTS AND
methodsWe conducted a retrospective, observational, descriptive study of consecutive patients admitted to the ICU due to severe respiratory symptoms secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection between 1 April and 1 June 2020.
resultsWe included 30 patients with neurological symptoms; 21 were men (72.40%), and mean age (standard deviation [SD]) was 57.41 years (11.61). The mean duration of ICU stay was 18.83 days (14.33). The neurological conditions recorded were acute confusional syndrome in 28 patients (93.33%), neuromuscular disease in 15 (50%), headache in 5 (16.66%), cerebrovascular disease in 4 (13.33%), and encephalopathies/encephalitis in 4 (13.33%). CSF analysis results were normal in 6 patients (20%). Brain MRI or head CT showed alterations in 20 patients (66.6%). EEG was performed in all patients (100%), with 8 (26.66%) showing abnormal findings. In 5 of the 15 patients with clinical myopathy, diagnosis was confirmed with electroneuromyography. We found a correlation between older age and duration of ICU stay (P=.002; 95%CI: 4.032-6.022; OR: 3,594).
conclusionsSevere COVID-19 mainly affects men, as observed in other series. Half of our patients presented acute myopathy, and almost all patients left the ICU with acute confusional syndrome, which fully resolved; no correlation was found with EEG or neuroimaging findings. Older age is associated with longer ICU stay.
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