Neurological Implications of COVID-19 Infections.
Neurocrit Care
; 32(3): 667-671, 2020 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-133453
ABSTRACT
The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic will result in substantial neurological disease, whether through direct infection (rare), para-infectious complications (less rare), or critical illness more generally (common). Here, we raise the importance of stringent diagnosis and data collection regarding neurological complications of COVID-19; we urge caution in the over-diagnosis of neurological disease where it does not exist, but equally strongly encourage the concerted surveillance for such conditions. Additional to the direct neurological complications of COVID-19 infection, neurological patients are at risk of harm from both structural limitations (such as number of intensive care beds), and a hesitancy to treat with certain necessary medications given risk of nosocomial COVID-19 infection. We therefore also outline the specific management of patients with neuroinflammatory diseases in the context of the pandemic. This article describes the implications of COVID-19 on neurological disease and advertises the Neurocritical Care Society's international data collection collaborative that seeks to align data elements.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
/
Coronavirus Infections
/
Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Prognostic study
/
Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
/
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Neurocrit Care
Journal subject:
Neurology
/
Critical Care
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12028-020-00978-4
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS