Patterns of neurological deficits in COVID-19 infections: a literature review

Authors

  • Murad Mohammed Ali Alghanmi Internal Medicine Specialist, Department of Internal Medicine, Khulais General Hospital, Khulais, Saudi Arabia
  • Salman Talal Wahboo College of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
  • Hussain Hassan Al Rashdi College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
  • Adel Abdulrahman Alotaibi College of Medicine, Alfarabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Yaser Saeed Alqahtani College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  • Sultan Sameer Alrabghi College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed Ibrahim Almania College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
  • Hadeel khalid Elshahti College of Medicine, Ibn Sina National College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Abdullah Mohammed Alluhaidah Department of Internal Medicine, Ar Rass General Hospital, Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohammed Ali Alshehri Department of Internal Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Yaser Amer Alkasih College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210015

Keywords:

COVID-19, Neurological deficits, Mortality

Abstract

Neurologic deficits accompanying SARS-CoV-2 infections are associated with high mortality and morbidity. However, the exact prevalence and underlying pathogenesis of each disease are still unknown and under investigated. That is why this review reports the latest neurologic disorders diagnosed in COVID-19 patients and the possible underlying pathogenesis. We searched PubMed, Medline, Web of science, Embase, Google scholar, and Scopus using the following search terms; severe acute respiratory syndrome of coronavirus-2 or SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 or coronavirus and brain or nerve or neuro. Only studies that reported any neurologic deficits accompanying the COVID-19 diagnosis were included. COVID-19 patients had a wide range of neurologic deficits affecting different parts of the nervous systems. Cerebrovascular disorders, seizures, and cranial nerve diseases were reported in many cases. Autoimmune neuropathy was also reported in many patients. The incidence of neurologic deficits was considered high in COVID-19 patients and was associated with high morbidity and mortality.

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2021-01-27

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Alghanmi, M. M. A., Wahboo, S. T., Al Rashdi, H. H., Alotaibi, A. A., Alqahtani, Y. S., Alrabghi, S. S., Almania, A. I., Elshahti, H. khalid, Alluhaidah, A. M., Alshehri, M. A., & Alkasih, Y. A. (2021). Patterns of neurological deficits in COVID-19 infections: a literature review. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 8(2), 885–889. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210015

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