Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and other coronaviruses : A systematic review

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the main neurological manifestations related to coronavirus infection in humans.

METHODOLOGY: A systematic review was conducted regarding clinical studies on cases that had neurological manifestations associated with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. The search was carried out in the electronic databases PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and LILACS with the following keywords: "coronavirus" or "Sars-CoV-2" or "COVID-19" and "neurologic manifestations" or "neurological symptoms" or "meningitis" or "encephalitis" or "encephalopathy," following the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.

RESULTS: Seven studies were included. Neurological alterations after CoV infection may vary from 17.3% to 36.4% and, in the pediatric age range, encephalitis may be as frequent as respiratory disorders, affecting 11 % and 12 % of patients, respectively. The Investigation included 409 patients diagnosed with CoV infection who presented neurological symptoms, with median age range varying from 3 to 62 years. The main neurological alterations were headache (69; 16.8 %), dizziness (57, 13.9 %), altered consciousness (46; 11.2 %), vomiting (26; 6.3 %), epileptic crises (7; 1.7 %), neuralgia (5; 1.2 %), and ataxia (3; 0.7 %). The main presumed diagnoses were acute viral meningitis/encephalitis in 25 (6.1 %) patients, hypoxic encephalopathy in 23 (5.6 %) patients, acute cerebrovascular disease in 6 (1.4 %) patients, 1 (0.2 %) patient with possible acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, 1 (0.2 %) patient with acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy, and 2 (1.4 %) patients with CoV related to Guillain-Barré syndrome.

CONCLUSION: Coronaviruses have important neurotropic potential and they cause neurological alterations that range from mild to severe. The main neurological manifestations found were headache, dizziness and altered consciousness.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Neurology, psychiatry, and brain research - 37(2020) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 27-32

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Correia, Alyne Oliveira [VerfasserIn]
Feitosa, Pedro Walisson Gomes [VerfasserIn]
Moreira, Jorge Lucas de Sousa [VerfasserIn]
Nogueira, Samuel Átila Rodrigues [VerfasserIn]
Fonseca, Ricardo Brandão [VerfasserIn]
Nobre, Maria Elizabeth Pereira [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

βCoV, betacoronavírus
ACE2, angiotensin converting enzyme 2
ADEM, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
ANHE, acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy
BBE, Bickerstaff’s encephalitis
COVID-19
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019
CoV, coronavirus
Coronavirus
DPP4, dipeptidil peptidase 4
Encephalopathy
G-CSF, granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)
GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome
GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
HCoV, Human coronavirus
HCoV-229E, Human coronavirus 229E
HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus OC43
ICU, intensive care unit
IL, interleukin
Journal Article
MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome
MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
Neurologic manifestations
PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Review
SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome
SARS‐CoV, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.npbr.2020.05.008

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NLM314079548