Frequent neurologic manifestations and encephalopathy-associated morbidity in Covid-19 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Covid-19 can involve multiple organs including the nervous system. We sought to characterize the neurologic manifestations, their risk factors, and associated outcomes in hospitalized patients with Covid-19.

Methods

We examined neurologic manifestations in 509 consecutive patients admitted with confirmed Covid-19 within a hospital network in Chicago, Illinois. We compared the severity of Covid-19 and outcomes in patients with and without neurologic manifestations. We also identified independent predictors of any neurologic manifestations, encephalopathy, and functional outcome using binary logistic regression.

Results

Neurologic manifestations were present at Covid-19 onset in 215 (42.2%), at hospitalization in 319 (62.7%), and at any time during the disease

SUBMITTER: Liotta EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7664279 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature