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ArticlePediatric neurology2022

Neurological Complications in Children Hospitalized With Seizures and Respiratory Infections: A Comparison Between SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Infections.

Grace Gombolay, Monique Anderson, Yijin Xiang, Shasha Bai, Christina A Rostad, William Tyor

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Article in Pediatric neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Grace GombolayDivision of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta Georgia; Division of Pediatric Neurology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia. Electronic address: ggombol@emory.edu.
Monique AndersonDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Yijin XiangEmory University School of Medicine, Pediatric Biostatistics Core, Atlanta, Georgia.
Shasha BaiEmory University School of Medicine, Pediatric Biostatistics Core, Atlanta, Georgia.
Christina A RostadDivision of Infectious Diseases, and Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
William TyorDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia.
Emory University · US

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002381 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HENRY M BLUMBERG, Anandi Nayan Sheth · 2017 to 2026
$14.1M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002381NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can experience neurological symptoms, but limited data are available on neurological symptoms associated with other respiratory infections. We compared proportions of neurological symptoms in children hospitalized with seizures and respiratory infections, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and endemic coronaviruses.

methodsA retrospective cohort study was performed on children admitted for seizures who had positive respiratory polymerase chain reactions for SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus NL63, coronavirus OC34, influenza (A and B), adenovirus, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, or parainfluenza 3 or 4. Primary outcomes were rates of new neurological diagnoses and mortality.

resultsA total of 883 children were included. Mortality rates ranged from 0% with M. pneumoniae to 4.9% with parainfluenza 4. Strokes were observed with all infections except for coronavirus OC43 and M. pneumoniae, with the highest rates in parainfluenza 4 (4.9%) and SARS-CoV-2 (5.9%). Compared with other infections, children with SARS-CoV-2 were older, had higher rates of stroke, and lower rates of intubation. The most common brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormality was diffusion restriction. Abnormal MRI rates were lower in SARS-CoV-2, compared with patients with other coronavirus (OC). However, rates of stroke, encephalopathy, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, and meningoencephalitis were similar between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza cohorts.

conclusionsIn children hospitalized with seizures, higher rates of stroke were observed in SARS-CoV-2 versus OC. Similar rates of neurological symptoms were observed in patients with SARS-CoV-2 and those with influenza. Strokes can occur in children with these viral infections, particularly SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19Influenza, HumanParamyxoviridae InfectionsRespiratory Tract InfectionsStrokeChildHumansRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2SeizuresCOVID-19InfluenzaOther coronavirusesParainfluenzaPediatricRespiratory virusesSARS-CoV-2Stroke

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