Neurological comorbidities and COVID-19-related case fatality: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurological involvement in Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is widely recognized. However, the role of pre-existing neurological comorbidities in modulating COVID-19-related mortality still remains unclear. This cohort study evaluates the COVID-19-related case fatality rate (CFR) of patients with pre-existing neurological diseases.

Methods

We retrospectively evaluated all patients consecutively admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of COVID-19 between March and April 2020. We used a multivariate regression analysis to estimate the association between pre-existing neurological diseases and COVID-19-related mortality. Then, we compared the CFR and survival curves of two cohorts (patients suffering vs. those not suffering from pre-existing neurological diseas

SUBMITTER: Romagnolo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8339457 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature