Clinical Outcome of Neurological patients with COVID-19: the impact of Healthcare organization improvement between waves

Abstract Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences of clinical presentations and the impact of healthcare organization on outcomes of neurological COVID-19 patients admitted during the first and second pandemic waves.Methods In this single center cohort study, we included all patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to a Neuro-COVID Unit. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were compared between patients admitted during the first and second waves of COVID-19 pandemic.Results 223 patients were included, of whom 112 and 111 hospitalized during the first and second pandemic waves, respectively. Patients admitted during the second wave were younger and exhibited pulmonary COVID-19 severity, resulting in less oxygen support (n=41, 36.9% vs n=79, 70.5%, p<0.001) and lower mortality rates (14.4% vs 31.3%, p=0.004). The different healthcare strategies and early steroid treatment emerged as significant predictors of mortality independently from age, premorbid conditions and COVID-19 severity in cox regression analyses.Conclusions Differences in healthcare strategies during the second phase of COVID-19 pandemic probably explain the differences in clinical outcomes independently of disease severity, underlying the importance of standardized early management of neurological patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 25. Mai Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

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Cristillo, Viviana [VerfasserIn]
Pilotto, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Benussi, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Libri, Ilenia [VerfasserIn]
Giunta, Marcello [VerfasserIn]
Morotti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Gipponi, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Locatelli, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Piccinelli, Stefano Cotti [VerfasserIn]
Mazzoleni, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Schiano di Cola, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Masciocchi, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Pezzini, Debora [VerfasserIn]
Scalvini, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Premi, Enrico [VerfasserIn]
Cottini, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Gamba, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Magoni, Mauro [VerfasserIn]
Fontanella, Marco Maria [VerfasserIn]
Padovani, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]

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doi:

10.1101/2021.11.19.21266606

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XBI033061181