Spectrum, risk factors and outcomes of neurological and psychiatric complications of COVID-19 : a UK-wide cross-sectional surveillance study

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SARS-CoV-2 is associated with new-onset neurological and psychiatric conditions. Detailed clinical data, including factors associated with recovery, are lacking, hampering prediction modelling and targeted therapeutic interventions. In a UK-wide cross-sectional surveillance study of adult hospitalized patients during the first COVID-19 wave, with multi-professional input from general and sub-specialty neurologists, psychiatrists, stroke physicians, and intensivists, we captured detailed data on demographics, risk factors, pre-COVID-19 Rockwood frailty score, comorbidities, neurological presentation and outcome. A priori clinical case definitions were used, with cross-specialty independent adjudication for discrepant cases. Multivariable logistic regression was performed using demographic and clinical variables, to determine the factors associated with outcome. A total of 267 cases were included. Cerebrovascular events were most frequently reported (131, 49%), followed by other central disorders (95, 36%) including delirium (28, 11%), central inflammatory (25, 9%), psychiatric (25, 9%), and other encephalopathies (17, 7%), including a severe encephalopathy (n = 13) not meeting delirium criteria; and peripheral nerve disorders (41, 15%). Those with the severe encephalopathy, in comparison to delirium, were younger, had higher rates of admission to intensive care and a longer duration of ventilation. Compared to normative data during the equivalent time period prior to the pandemic, cases of stroke in association with COVID-19 were younger and had a greater number of conventional, modifiable cerebrovascular risk factors. Twenty-seven per cent of strokes occurred in patients <60 years. Relative to those >60 years old, the younger stroke patients presented with delayed onset from respiratory symptoms, higher rates of multi-vessel occlusion (31%) and systemic thrombotic events. Clinical outcomes varied between disease groups, with cerebrovascular disease conferring the worst prognosis, but this effect was less marked than the pre-morbid factors of older age and a higher pre-COVID-19 frailty score, and a high admission white cell count, which were independently associated with a poor outcome. In summary, this study describes the spectrum of neurological and psychiatric conditions associated with COVID-19. In addition, we identify a severe COVID-19 encephalopathy atypical for delirium, and a phenotype of COVID-19 associated stroke in younger adults with a tendency for multiple infarcts and systemic thromboses. These clinical data will be useful to inform mechanistic studies and stratification of patients in clinical trials.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Brain communications - 3(2021), 3 vom: 18., Seite fcab168

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ross Russell, Amy L [VerfasserIn]
Hardwick, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Jeyanantham, Athavan [VerfasserIn]
White, Laura M [VerfasserIn]
Deb, Saumitro [VerfasserIn]
Burnside, Girvan [VerfasserIn]
Joy, Harriet M [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Craig J [VerfasserIn]
Pollak, Thomas A [VerfasserIn]
Nicholson, Timothy R [VerfasserIn]
Davies, Nicholas W S [VerfasserIn]
Manji, Hadi [VerfasserIn]
Easton, Ava [VerfasserIn]
Ray, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Zandi, Michael S [VerfasserIn]
Coles, Jonathan P [VerfasserIn]
Menon, David K [VerfasserIn]
Varatharaj, Aravinthan [VerfasserIn]
McCausland, Beth [VerfasserIn]
Ellul, Mark A [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Naomi [VerfasserIn]
Breen, Gerome [VerfasserIn]
Keddie, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Lunn, Michael P [VerfasserIn]
Burn, John P S [VerfasserIn]
Quattrocchi, Graziella [VerfasserIn]
Dixon, Luke [VerfasserIn]
Rice, Claire M [VerfasserIn]
Pengas, George [VerfasserIn]
Al-Shahi Salman, Rustam [VerfasserIn]
Carson, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Joyce, Eileen M [VerfasserIn]
Turner, Martin R [VerfasserIn]
Benjamin, Laura A [VerfasserIn]
Solomon, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Kneen, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Pett, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Rhys H [VerfasserIn]
Michael, Benedict D [VerfasserIn]
Galea, Ian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Encephalopathy
Journal Article
Neurology
SARS-CoV-2
Stroke

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Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/braincomms/fcab168

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NLM329527878