Neurological disorders throughout acute SARS-CoV2 infection : A comparative study between vaccinated and non-vaccinated patients

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BACKGROUND: The role of vaccination on Covid-19 severity in neurological patients is still unknown. We aim at describing clinical characteristics and outcomes of breakthrough and unvaccinated Covid-19 patients hospitalized for neurological disorders.

METHODS: Two hundred thirty-two Covid-19 patients were admitted to a neuro-Covid Unit form March 1st 2021 to February 28th 2022. Out of the total sample, 74 (32%) were full vaccinated. The prevalence, clinical characteristics, disease severity, expressed by Brescia-COVID Respiratory Severity Scale (BCRSS) and National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2), and final outcomes of neurological syndromes were compared between vaccinated and unvaccinated cases. Cox regression analysis was implemented in order to investigate the combined effect of predictors of mortality.

RESULTS: Breakthrough vaccinated cases were older (years 72.4 ± 16.3 vs 67.0 ± 18.9 years, p = 0.029), showed higher pre-admission comorbidity score and Clinical Frailty scale score (4.46 ± 1.6 vs 3.75 ± 2.0, p = 0.008) with no differences in terms of disease progression or mortality rate (16.2% vs 15.2%), compared to full-dose vaccinated patients. Cox-regression analysis showed age and NEWS2 score as the variables with a significant relation to mortality between the two groups, independently from pre-morbid conditions and inflammatory response.

CONCLUSION: This study on breakthrough COVID-19 infection could help identify vulnerable neurological patients with higher risk of poor outcomes.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:457

Enthalten in:

Journal of the neurological sciences - 457(2024) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 122898

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cristillo, Viviana [VerfasserIn]
Pilotto, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Piccinelli, Stefano Cotti [VerfasserIn]
Libri, Ilenia [VerfasserIn]
Locatelli, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Giunta, Marcello [VerfasserIn]
Mazzoleni, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Pezzini, Debora [VerfasserIn]
Arici, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Gipponi, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
di Cola, Francesca Schiano [VerfasserIn]
Cottini, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Gamba, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Magoni, Mauro [VerfasserIn]
Padovani, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Mortality
Neurological disease
RNA, Viral
Vaccine

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jns.2024.122898

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36771809X