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Neurological symptoms and complications in predominantly hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Results of the European multinational Lean European Open Survey on SARS-Infected Patients (LEOSS).

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

During acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, neurological signs, symptoms and complications occur. We aimed to assess their clinical relevance by evaluating real-world data from a multinational registry.

Methods

We analyzed COVID-19 patients from 127 centers, diagnosed between January 2020 and February 2021, and registered in the European multinational LEOSS (Lean European Open Survey on SARS-Infected Patients) registry. The effects of prior neurological diseases and the effect of neurological symptoms on outcome were studied using multivariate logistic regression.

Results

A total of 6537 COVID-19 patients (97.7% PCR-confirmed) were analyzed, of whom 92.1% were hospitalized and 14.7% died. Commonly, excessive tiredness (28.0%), headache (18.5%), nausea/emesis (16.6%), muscular weakness (17.0%), impaired sense of smell (9.0%) and taste (12.8%), and delirium (6.7%) were reported. In patients with a complicated or critical disease course (53%) the most frequent neurological complications were ischemic stroke (1.0%) and intracerebral bleeding (ICB; 2.2%). ICB peaked in the critical disease phase (5%) and was associated with the administration of anticoagulation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Excessive tiredness (odds ratio [OR] 1.42, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20-1.68) and prior neurodegenerative diseases (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.07-1.63) were associated with an increased risk of an unfavorable outcome. Prior cerebrovascular and neuroimmunological diseases were not associated with an unfavorable short-term outcome of COVID-19.

Conclusion

Our data on mostly hospitalized COVID-19 patients show that excessive tiredness or prior neurodegenerative disease at first presentation increase the risk of an unfavorable short-term outcome. ICB in critical COVID-19 was associated with therapeutic interventions, such as anticoagulation and ECMO, and thus may be an indirect complication of a life-threatening systemic viral infection.

SUBMITTER: Kleineberg NN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444823 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neurological symptoms and complications in predominantly hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Results of the European multinational Lean European Open Survey on SARS-Infected Patients (LEOSS).

Kleineberg Nina N NN Knauss Samuel S Gülke Eileen E Pinnschmidt Hans O HO Jakob Carolin E M CEM Lingor Paul P Hellwig Kerstin K Berthele Achim A Höglinger Günter G Fink Gereon R GR Endres Matthias M Gerloff Christian C Klein Christine C Stecher Melanie M Classen Annika Y AY Rieg Siegbert S Borgmann Stefan S Hanses Frank F Rüthrich Maria M MM Hower Martin M Tometten Lukas L Haselberger Martina M Piepel Christiane C Merle Uta U Dolff Sebastian S Degenhardt Christian C Jensen Björn-Erik O BO Vehreschild Maria J G T MJGT Erber Johanna J Franke Christiana C Warnke Clemens C

European journal of neurology 20210903 12

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>During acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, neurological signs, symptoms and complications occur. We aimed to assess their clinical relevance by evaluating real-world data from a multinational registry.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed COVID-19 patients from 127 centers, diagnosed between January 2020 and February 2021, and registered in the European multinational LEOSS (Lean European Open Survey on SARS-Infected Patients) registry. The effects of prior n ...[more]

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Background and purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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