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ArticleCureus2023

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following COVID-19 Infection.

Farah Assi, Rim Abdallah, Ali Mecheik, Hassan H Rahhal, Jaafar Wazne

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Farah AssiInternal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, LBN.
Rim AbdallahAllergy and Immunology, Internal Medicine, Lebanese University, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Beirut, LBN.
Ali MecheikIntensive Care Unit, St. Georges Hospital - Hadath, Beirut, LBN.
Hassan H RahhalInfectious Diseases, Bahman Hospital, Beirut, LBN.
Jaafar WazneNeurology, St. Georges Hospital - Hadath, Beirut, LBN.
Lebanese University · LBBehman Hospital · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a relatively rare, post-inflammatory, immune-mediated demyelinating central nervous system disease that is predominantly reported in pediatric populations. Following the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, cases of ADEM are being reported following infection with this virus. Our case report describes a male patient in his early 40s who developed severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that rapidly progressed to a critical disease requiring invasive mechanical ventilation and high positive end-expiratory pressure, which was complicated by extensive neurological involvement and quadriplegia. MRI of the brain showed characteristic demyelinating lesions, suggestive of ADEM. As other entities were ruled out, our patient was treated using pulse steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins. The patient showed a good response to treatment and had an overall good prognosis, despite the severity of his condition. ADEM following COVID-19 is a rare entity worldwide.

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acute disseminated encephalomyelitiscovid-19covid-19-induced ardsintravenous immunoglobulinspulsed-dose steroidssars-cov-2

Identifiers

PMID36751218
PMCPMC9897810
OpenAlexW4313578982

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