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Neurological Manifestations and their Correlated Factors in COVID-19 Patients; a Cross-Sectional Study.
Ashrafi, Farzad; Ommi, Davood; Zali, Alireza; Khani, Sina; Soheili, Amirali; Arab-Ahmadi, Mehran; Behnam, Behdad; Nohesara, Shabnam; Semnani, Farbod; Fatemi, Alireza; Salari, Mehri; Jalili Khoshnood, Reza; Vahidi, Mohammad; Ayoobi-Yazdi, Niloofar; Hosseini Toudeshki, Saeed; Sobhrakhshankhah, Elham.
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  • Ashrafi F; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohadaye Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ommi D; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohadaye Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Zali A; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohadaye Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Khani S; Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Soheili A; Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Arab-Ahmadi M; Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Behnam B; Department of Internal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Nohesara S; Mental Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Semnani F; Students' Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Fatemi A; Department of Infectious Diseases, Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Salari M; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohadaye Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Jalili Khoshnood R; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohadaye Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Vahidi M; Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Ayoobi-Yazdi N; Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Hosseini Toudeshki S; Department of Radiation Oncology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Sobhrakhshankhah E; Department of Internal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arch Acad Emerg Med ; 9(1): e34, 2021.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34027429
INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 might present with other seemingly unrelated manifestations; for instance, neurological symptoms. This study aimed to evaluate the neurologic manifestations and their correlated factors in COVID-19 patients. METHODS: This retrospective observational study was conducted from March 17, 2020 to June 20, 2020 in a tertiary hospital in Iran. The study population consisted of adult patients with a positive result for COVID-19 real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using nasopharyngeal swabs. Both written and electronic data regarding baseline characteristic, laboratory findings, and neurological manifestations were evaluated and reported. RESULTS: 727 COVID-19 patients with the mean age of 49.94 ± 17.49 years were studied (56.9% male). At least one neurological symptom was observed in 403 (55.4%) cases. Headache (29.0%), and smell (22.3%) and taste (22.0%) impairment were the most prevalent neurological symptoms, while seizure (1.1%) and stroke (2.3%) were the least common ones. Patients with neurological manifestations were significantly older (p = 0.04), had greater body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.02), longer first symptom to admission duration (p < 0.001) and were more frequently opium users (p = 0.03) compared to COVID-19 patients without neurological symptoms. O2 saturation was significantly lower in patients with neurological manifestations (p = 0.04). In addition, medians of neutrophil count (p = 0.006), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) (p = 0.02) and c-reactive protein (CRP) (p = 0.001) were significantly higher and the median of lymphocyte count (p = 0.03) was significantly lower in patients with neurological manifestations. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of neurological manifestations in the studied cases was high (55.4%). This prevalence was significantly higher in older age, grated BMI, longer lasting disease, and opium usage.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Arch Acad Emerg Med Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Irán Pais de publicación: Irán

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Revista: Arch Acad Emerg Med Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Irán Pais de publicación: Irán