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Electroencephalographic findings in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Database and AI Diagnostic Tools Improve Understanding of Lung Damage, Correlation of Pulmonary Disease and Brain Damage in COVID-19.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Pooled it
- Non-Invasive Multimodal Neuromonitoring in Non-Critically Ill Hospitalized Adult Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Neuropathologic findings of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of EEG findings in patients with COVID-19.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Pooled it
- Review
- Serum NSE and EEG sleep figures for prognostication of short-term outcomes in adults with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective single-center study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Immunomodulatory Mechanisms Underlying Neurological Manifestations in Long COVID: Implications for Immune-Mediated Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of brain neuroimaging abnormalities in COVID-19 patients and survivors.Psychoradiology · 2025Article
- Clinical outcomes of patients with seizure admitted for COVID-19: Findings from the Philippine CORONA study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Clinical manifestations and EEG findings in children infected with COVID-19 and exhibiting neurological symptoms.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- The Use of Quantitative Electroencephalography (QEEG) to Assess Post-COVID-19 Concentration Disorders in Professional Pilots: An Initial Concept.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 alters neural synchronies in the brain with more severe effects in younger individuals.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Neurological Manifestations of Non-Severe COVID-19-A Multidirectional Approach.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- The clinical neurophysiology of COVID-19-direct infection, long-term sequelae and para-immunization responses: A literature review.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2023Review
- Case 34-2022: A 57-Year-Old Woman with Covid-19 and Delusions.The New England journal of medicine · 2022Article
- A Near-Global Slowing of Background Activity and Epileptic Discharges in Children With Mild to Moderately Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection: An Electro-Neurophysiological Study.Clinical EEG and neuroscience · 2022Article
- Review
- Electroencephalography at the height of a pandemic: EEG findings in patients with COVID-19.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Burnout among neurology residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Outcomes and Risk Factors of Patients With COVID-19 and Cancer (ONCORONA): Findings from The Philippine CORONA Study.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGrowing evidence of neurologic involvement seen in COVID-19 infection necessitates the pooling of neurodiagnostic findings like electroencephalography (EEG) that may guide clinical management. The objective of this study was to review the EEG findings in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection through a systematic review of published articles.
methodsWe systematically searched until July 25, 2020 for published articles that reported on descriptive EEG findings in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in PUBMED by Medline, EMBASE, and CENTRAL by the Cochrane Library.
resultsFrom a total of 94 identified records, 29 relevant articles were included in this review. A total of 177 patients with COVID-19 with descriptive EEG reports were analyzed. The most common indication for EEG was unexplained altered mental status. Disturbances of background activity such as generalized and focal slowing were seen as well epileptiform abnormalities and rhythmic or periodic discharges. There were no consistent EEG findings specific to COVID-19 infection.
conclusionThe EEG findings in COVID-19 appear to be non-specific. Further research on the relationship of the EEG findings to the clinical state and short- or long-term prognosis of COVID-19 patients may be conducted to help clinicians discern which patients would necessitate an EEG procedure and would eventually require treatment.
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