Neurological symptoms in Covid-19 patients in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) might present neurological symptoms. We aimed to evaluate the frequency of them at the moment of emergency department (ED) visit and their impact in the prognosis.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study including all consecutive hospitalized cases between March 8th and April 11th, 2020. Covid-19 diagnosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction test and/or serology. We compared, in patients with and without neurological symptoms on admission, demographic, clinical presentation, and frequency and type of abnormal laboratory values. We analyzed the variables that were associated with in-hospital all-cause mortality by Cox-regression log-rank test.

Results

We included 576 hospitalized patients, 250 (43.3%) female, aged 67.2 y

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Azorin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994975 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature