Neurological complications of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients: The registry of a neurology department in the first wave of the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the spectrum of neurological complications observed in a hospital-based cohort of COVID-19 patients who required a neurological assessment.

Methods

We conducted an observational, monocentric, prospective study of patients with a COVID-19 diagnosis hospitalized during the 3-month period of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary hospital in Madrid (Spain). We describe the neurological diagnoses that arose after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms. These diagnoses could be divided into different groups.

Results

Only 71 (2.6%) of 2750 hospitalized patients suffered at least one neurological complication (77 different neurological diagnoses in total) during the timeframe of the study. The most common diagnoses were neuromuscular disorders (3

SUBMITTER: Portela-Sanchez S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013314 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature