Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021
<strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus and presents a wide range of symptoms, both in its acute phase and in its chronic phase. Among the systems that it affects is the Nervous, due to its neurotropic mechanism. <br /><strong>Objective</str...
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| author | Edith Yomaira Albacura Noques Jorge Luis Anaya González Mirna Marrero Fleita Erlen Carmona Alvarez Builla |
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| description | <strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus and presents a wide range of symptoms, both in its acute phase and in its chronic phase. Among the systems that it affects is the Nervous, due to its neurotropic mechanism. <br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to determine the risk of neurological complications associated with the COVID-19 severity in adult patients. <br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out, which included 143 positive patients for COVID-19 treated at the San Vicente de Paúl Hospital, in Ibarra, Ecuador, during 2021. Neurological complications and the severity of the COVID-19 disease were analyzed. As a measure of association for these variables, the Fisher Test was used (p = ≤ 0.05) and a bivariate analysis was performed. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: 54% of the patients presented neurological complications of the Central Nervous System, while 46% were of the Peripheral Nervous System; and mild-moderate severity was the most frequent (41%), and hearing impairment had the highest statistical probability of occurring (OR= 74.968; CI: 95%). The case fatality rate in these patients was 7.1%; and in those with neurological complications, 8.4%. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: the neurological sequelae most likely to occur were hearing impairment and taste impairment, in patients with mild severity and serious severity, respectively; in addition to polyneuropathy in patients with critical severity, which also occurred in deceased patients. Keywords: Coronavirus infections; neurologic manifestations; central nervous system; peripheral nervous system; severity of illness index |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f098b785d414a4db44fdbe7bd23b1872025-01-30T21:29:00ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2023-02-012111261352257Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021Edith Yomaira Albacura Noques0Jorge Luis Anaya González1Mirna Marrero Fleita2Erlen Carmona Alvarez Builla3Universidad Técnica del Norte. IbarraUniversidad Técnica del Norte. IbarraUniversidad Técnica del Norte. IbarraUniversidad Técnica del Norte. Ibarra<strong>Background</strong>: COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus and presents a wide range of symptoms, both in its acute phase and in its chronic phase. Among the systems that it affects is the Nervous, due to its neurotropic mechanism. <br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to determine the risk of neurological complications associated with the COVID-19 severity in adult patients. <br /><strong>Methods</strong>: a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out, which included 143 positive patients for COVID-19 treated at the San Vicente de Paúl Hospital, in Ibarra, Ecuador, during 2021. Neurological complications and the severity of the COVID-19 disease were analyzed. As a measure of association for these variables, the Fisher Test was used (p = ≤ 0.05) and a bivariate analysis was performed. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: 54% of the patients presented neurological complications of the Central Nervous System, while 46% were of the Peripheral Nervous System; and mild-moderate severity was the most frequent (41%), and hearing impairment had the highest statistical probability of occurring (OR= 74.968; CI: 95%). The case fatality rate in these patients was 7.1%; and in those with neurological complications, 8.4%. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: the neurological sequelae most likely to occur were hearing impairment and taste impairment, in patients with mild severity and serious severity, respectively; in addition to polyneuropathy in patients with critical severity, which also occurred in deceased patients. Keywords: Coronavirus infections; neurologic manifestations; central nervous system; peripheral nervous system; severity of illness indexhttp://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5528infecciones por coronavirusmanifestaciones neurológicassistema nervioso centralsistema nervioso periféricoíndice de severidad de la enfermedad |
| spellingShingle | Edith Yomaira Albacura Noques Jorge Luis Anaya González Mirna Marrero Fleita Erlen Carmona Alvarez Builla Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021 Medisur infecciones por coronavirus manifestaciones neurológicas sistema nervioso central sistema nervioso periférico índice de severidad de la enfermedad |
| title | Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021 |
| title_full | Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021 |
| title_fullStr | Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021 |
| title_short | Neurological complications associated with COVID-19. Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, 2021 |
| title_sort | neurological complications associated with covid 19 saint vincent de paul hospital 2021 |
| topic | infecciones por coronavirus manifestaciones neurológicas sistema nervioso central sistema nervioso periférico índice de severidad de la enfermedad |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5528 |
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