Neurological symptoms in COVID-19: a cross-sectional monocentric study of hospitalized patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The SARS-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) invades the respiratory system, causing acute and sometimes severe pulmonary symptoms, but turned out to also act multisystematically with substantial impact on the brain. A growing number of studies suggests a diverse spectrum of neurological manifestations. To investigate the spectrum of symptoms, we here describe the neurological manifestations and complications of patients with proven SARS-CoV-2 infection who have been hospitalized at the RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Germany.

Methods

Between March and September 2020, we evaluated common symptoms, clinical characteristics, laboratory (including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis), radiological, and electroencephalography (EEG) data from 53 patients admitted with a positiv

SUBMITTER: Ermis U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7953515 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature