Neurological symptoms and signs associated with COVID-19 in pediatric patients: a single-center experience.
Medicine (Baltimore)
; 101(31): e29920, 2022 Aug 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2051698
ABSTRACT
There is insufficient evidence on SARS-CoV-2 induced neurological effects. Studies on CNS involvement during COVID-19 in children are limited. This study aims to identify and manage the neurological signs and symptoms in COVID-19-infected pediatric patients during follow up and plan future follow-ups. Children diagnosed COVID-19 and hospitalized in the pediatric pandemic services, between March 18, 2020, and June 18, 2021, were included in the study. Children with underlying neurological disease were excluded from the study. Patient data retrieved from hospital files and medical records. Children divided into 2 groups, 1 and 2, based on the presence or absence of neurological findings. A total of 243 children received follow-ups in the pandemic wards, 35 (14.4%) of these patients had neurological findings. Major neurological manifestations were headache (n17, 7%), seizure (n4, 1.6%), and anosmia/hyposmia (n17, 7%). The number of boys (n13, 37.1%) was smaller than the number of girls (n22, 62.9%) in Group 1. Group 1 showed higher blood leukocyte, lymphocyte, thrombocyte, AST, LDH, d-dimer values. Anosmia/hyposmia occurred more often in girls, anosmia and headache occurred more often over 9 years of age. Pulmonary and hematologic involvement was more common in children with anosmia and headache. Our study is one of the few studies on neurological involvement in COVID-19 in children. To the best of our knowledge, there is limited data on these subjects in the literature.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Medicine (Baltimore)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Md.0000000000029920
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