Neurological Symptoms Common in Covid-19 Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study
Acta Clinica Croatica
; 61(3):386-394, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2304672
ABSTRACT
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus outbreak spread rapidly all over the world. The virus is known to be neuroinvasive, but much is still unknown. In this study, we aimed to pres-ent the main neurologic symptoms in patients who were diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The study was conducted retrospectively by phoning 156 patients in Turkey diagnosed with COVID-19 through real-time polymerase chain reaction;only 100 patients could be reached. Data about their demographics, initial symptoms, neurological symptoms, and sleeping habits were collected. During the disease process, 66% had at least one neurological symptom, 55% had central nervous system symptoms, 42% had peripheral nervous system symptoms, and 64% had sleep disturbances and myalgia. Impaired consciousness, smell and taste impairments, and sleep disturbances were significantly higher in patients with positive chest computed tomography imaging (p < 0.05). Neurological symptoms were observed in COVID-19, as in other coronaviruses. Headache in particular was the most common symptom in our population. In patients with respiratory system findings, the detec-tion of certain neurological symptoms such as smell-taste impairments, impaired consciousness, and sleep disorders were more common. We concluded that COVID-19 patients should be approached in a more holistic way, taking the nervous system into account.Copyright © 2022, Dr. Mladen Stojanovic University Hospital. All rights reserved.
covid-19; neurological symptoms; neurology; SARS-CoV-2; adult; article; ataxia; central nervous system disease; cerebrovascular disease; comorbidity; computer assisted tomography; consciousness disorder; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; coughing; demographics; diabetes mellitus; diarrhea; dizziness; dyspnea; facial nerve paralysis; female; fever; follow up; headache; heart disease; human; human tissue; hypertension; major clinical study; male; myalgia; neurologic disease; neuropathic pain; neuropathy; observational study; peripheral nervous system; real time polymerase chain reaction; retrospective study; seizure; sleep; sleep disorder; smelling disorder; sore throat; stomach pain; taste disorder; Turkey (republic); visual impairment
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Prognostic study
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English
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Acta Clinica Croatica
Year:
2022
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