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Abunasser JJ, Perez O, Wang X, Wang Y, Khouli H, Duggal A. One-Year Outcomes of Patients Requiring Tracheostomy Placement Due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection. Crit Care Explor 2023; 5:e0951. [PMID: 37546232 PMCID: PMC10400056 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease it causes (COVID-19) have resulted in an increase in critical illness and in the prevalence of acute respiratory failure with the need for tracheostomy. The characteristics and long-term outcomes of this patient cohort are not well identified. RESEARCH QUESTION What are the characteristics of patients who develop the need for tracheostomy due to SARS-CoV-2 with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)? What is their 90-day and 1-year survival and are there any identifiable risk factors for mortality and ventilator dependency? STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Retrospective, follow-up cohort study of adult patients with COVID-19 infection and ARDS who required tracheostomy placement in a large healthcare system. RESULTS One hundred sixty-four consecutive patients with SARS-CoV-2 admitted to ICUs for ARDS who required tracheostomy placement between March 2020 and March 2021 were identified. One hundred nine (66.5%) were male. Average age was 63.5 years. The most common comorbidities were obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), atrial fibrillation, and asthma. The most common complications during hospitalization were delirium, secondary infections, acute kidney injury, pneumothorax, and venous thromboembolism. Ninety-day and 1-year mortality were 29.9% and 44.5%, respectively. Ninety-six patients (58.5%) were liberated from the ventilator, and 84 (51.2%) had the tracheostomy tube decannulated. Asthma, COPD, atrial fibrillation, and renal replacement therapy requirement in the ICU correlated with increased risk of ventilator dependency. Among survivors at 1 year, 71 patients (43.3%) were residing at home and 20 patients (12.2%) remained in a skilled nursing facility. INTERPRETATION COVID-19 has resulted in a significant burden of acute critical illness and acute respiratory failure with the need for tracheostomy. A significant percentage of patients with SARS-CoV-2 requiring tracheostomy were alive and at home 1 year after tracheostomy placement. Long-term care support, including tracheostomy, beyond 90 days appears to be beneficial in this patient population and warrants further investigation.
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- Jafar J Abunasser
- Respiratory Institute, Department of Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Respiratory Institute, Department of Critical Care, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Zapata C, Garces JJ, Duica K, Restrepo C, Ocampo MV, Velásquez-Tirado JD, Ricardo C, Trzepacz PT, Franco JG. Variables associated with concordance or discordance for delirium diagnosis between referring and consulting physicians at a Tertiary Hospital in Colombia: Prospective observational study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e32096. [PMID: 36626485 PMCID: PMC9750523 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000032096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Delirium is an acute state of impaired consciousness and a medical urgency. Its broad range of alterations in mental status make diagnosis challenging. Awareness and accurate provisional diagnosis by nonpsychiatric clinicians are important for prompt management. Because delirium symptoms overlap and mimic other neuropsychiatric conditions, a referral to a consultant psychiatrist is often needed. The aim of this study was to determine the discriminating variables that are associated with concordance or discordance for a DSM-5 delirium diagnosis made by the consultation/liaison (C/L) psychiatrist as compared to the referral diagnosis/reasons given by the referring physicians for inpatients from a Tertiary Hospital in a Latin-American country. Prospective study of a cohort of 399 consecutive patients admitted to any ward of a university hospital in Medellin-Colombia and referred by a specialist physician to the C/L Psychiatry service. Analyses for diagnostic concordance used a nested sample of 140 cases diagnosed with delirium by the psychiatrist. Two multivariate logistic models were run, for delirium diagnosis concordance and discordance between the referring physician and C/L psychiatrist. The referral diagnosis was concordant with that of Psychiatry in 90/140 patients in 64.3%, with 35.7% discordance. Increasing age (OR = 1.024) and internal medicine ward (OR = 3.0) were significantly related (Wald statistic P < .05) to concordance in the multivariate analysis whose model accuracy was 68.6%. Trauma/orthopedics ward (OR = 5.7) and SARS-CoV-2 infection (OR = 3.8) were important contributors to the model fit though not significant. Accuracy of the discordance model was 70.7%, where central nervous system (CNS) disorder (OR = 6.1) and referrals from ICU (OR = 4.9), surgery (OR = 4.6), neurology/neurosurgery (OR = 5.1) and another consultant (OR = 4.7) were significantly related (Wald statistic P < .05), while metabolic/endocrine disorder (OR = 2.7) was important for model fit, but not significant. Concordance for delirium diagnosis was higher from services where education, guidelines and working relationships with C/L Psychiatry could have contributed beneficially whereas, surprisingly, CNS disorders and neurology/neurosurgery services had higher discordance, as well as the ICU. Routine use of brief sensitive delirium assessment tools such as the DDT-Pro could enhance provisional delirium diagnosis.
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- Carolina Zapata
- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace (GIPE), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
- * Correspondence: José G. Franco, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Campus Robledo), Medellín 050036, Colombia (e-mail: )
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the novel coronavirus responsible for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), affects the brain. Neurologic and neuropsychiatric symptoms may manifest in the acute and post-acute phases of illness. The vulnerability of the brain with aging further increases the burden of disease in the elderly, who are at the highest risk of complications and death from COVID-19. The mechanisms underlying the effects of COVID-19 on the brain are not fully known. Emerging evidence vis-à-vis pathogenesis and etiologies of COVID-19 brain effects is promising and may pave the way for future research and development of interventions.
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- Ebony Dix
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George St., Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, 300 George St., Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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Sodagar A, Javed R, Tahir H, Razak SIA, Shakir M, Naeem M, Yusof AHA, Sagadevan S, Hazafa A, Uddin J, Khan A, Al-Harrasi A. Pathological Features and Neuroinflammatory Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brain and Potential Therapeutic Approaches. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12070971. [PMID: 35883527 PMCID: PMC9313047 DOI: 10.3390/biom12070971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The number of deaths has been increased due to COVID-19 infections and uncertain neurological complications associated with the central nervous system. Post-infections and neurological manifestations in neuronal tissues caused by COVID-19 are still unknown and there is a need to explore how brainstorming promoted congenital impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease. SARS-CoV-2 neuro-invasion studies in vivo are still rare, despite the fact that other beta-coronaviruses have shown similar properties. Neural (olfactory or vagal) and hematogenous (crossing the blood–brain barrier) pathways have been hypothesized in light of new evidence showing the existence of SARS-CoV-2 host cell entry receptors into the specific components of human nerve and vascular tissue. Spike proteins are the primary key and structural component of the COVID-19 that promotes the infection into brain cells. Neurological manifestations and serious neurodegeneration occur through the binding of spike proteins to ACE2 receptor. The emerging evidence reported that, due to the high rate in the immediate wake of viral infection, the olfactory bulb, thalamus, and brain stem are intensely infected through a trans-synaptic transfer of the virus. It also instructs the release of chemokines, cytokines, and inflammatory signals immensely to the blood–brain barrier and infects the astrocytes, which causes neuroinflammation and neuron death; and this induction of excessive inflammation and immune response developed in more neurodegeneration complications. The present review revealed the pathophysiological effects, molecular, and cellular mechanisms of possible entry routes into the brain, pathogenicity of autoantibodies and emerging immunotherapies against COVID-19.
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- Aisha Sodagar
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan;
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan;
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- Department of Botany, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Bioinspired Device and Tissue Engineering Research Group, School of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia;
- Sports Innovation & Technology Centre, Institute of Human Centred Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia
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- School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China;
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- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China;
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- School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia;
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- Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
- Correspondence: or (A.H.); (A.K.); (A.A.-H.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia;
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, Nizwa 616, Oman
- Correspondence: or (A.H.); (A.K.); (A.A.-H.)
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- Natural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, Nizwa 616, Oman
- Correspondence: or (A.H.); (A.K.); (A.A.-H.)
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Miller A. What's New in Critical Illness and Injury Science? Delirium, COVID-19, and critical illness. Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci 2022; 12:59-60. [PMID: 35845126 PMCID: PMC9285128 DOI: 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_44_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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van Reekum EA, Rosic T, Sergeant A, Sanger N, Rodrigues M, Rebinsky R, Panesar B, Deck E, Kim N, Woo J, D'Elia A, Hillmer A, Dufort A, Sanger S, Thabane L, Mbuagbaw L, Samaan Z. Delirium and other neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19 infection in people with preexisting psychiatric disorders: a systematic review. J Med Case Rep 2021; 15:586. [PMID: 34903299 PMCID: PMC8667019 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-021-03140-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Psychiatric disorders increase risk of neuropsychiatric disease and poor outcomes, yet little is known about the neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19 in the psychiatric population. The primary objective is to synthesize neuropsychiatric outcomes of COVID-19 in people with preexisting psychiatric disorders. METHODS Data were collected during an ongoing review of the impact of pandemics on people with existing psychiatric disorders. All study designs and gray literature were included. Medline, PsychInfo, CINAHL, EMBASE, and MedRx were searched from inception to September 1 2020. Risk of bias was assessed using a published tool that can accommodate all study types. Two independent authors screened the studies and extracted data. Data were narratively synthesized, as there were insufficient data to meta-analyze. Evidence was appraised according to GRADE. RESULTS Four case reports were included, comprising 13 participants from three countries. Many large-sample, relevant papers were omitted for not reporting psychiatric history, despite reporting other comorbidities. Included participants (n = 13) were hospitalized with COVID-19 and appeared to meet criteria for delirium. Myoclonus, rigidity, and alogia were also reported. The most commonly reported preexisting psychiatric diagnoses were mood disorders, schizophrenia, and alcohol use disorder. CONCLUSIONS People with preexisting psychiatric disorders may experience delirium, rigidity, myoclonus, and alogia during COVID-19 infection; although higher quality and longitudinal data are needed to better understand these phenomena. Relevant COVID-19 literature does not always report psychiatric history, despite heightened neuropsychiatric vulnerability within this population. TRIAL REGISTRATION PROSPERO (CRD42020179611).
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- Emma A van Reekum
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Clinician Investigator Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Medical Science Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Health Research Methodology Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Clinician Investigator Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, 100 West 5th Street, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3K7, Canada
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- Department of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
- Department of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
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Haddad PM, Alabdulla M, Latoo J, Iqbal Y. Delirious mania in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia. BMJ Case Rep 2021; 14:14/11/e243816. [PMID: 34725060 PMCID: PMC8562355 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Delirious mania (the coexistence of delirium and mania) is described in the literature but not recognised in standard nosologies. We report a woman in her late 30s, with no psychiatric history, who presented with concurrent symptoms of mania and delirium. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia (positive reverse transcription-PCR test). There was no history of substance misuse or concurrent medical illness. CT head scan was normal as were blood investigations, other than elevated inflammatory markers. She received standard treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia and lorazepam and quetiapine to treat her neuropsychiatric symptoms. She made a full recovery after 9 days. She was apyrexial with normal oxygen saturation throughout her illness. The case shows that severe neuropsychiatric symptoms can complicate otherwise mild COVID-19 pneumonia with neuroinflammation being a possible mechanism. A diagnosis of delirious mania appears to better capture the complexity of the presentation than a diagnosis of mania or delirium alone.
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- Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Psychiatry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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Alkeridy WA, Alanazy MH, Alamri N, Alqahtani A, Alhazzani A, Muayqil T. The Common Neurological Presentations and Clinical Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Saudi Arabia. Front Neurol 2021; 12:737328. [PMID: 34566878 PMCID: PMC8455892 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.737328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background: Neurological manifestations have increasingly become recognized in COVID-19. People from different ethnic backgrounds are experiencing different outcomes related to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Several cohort studies reported the common neurological manifestations and complications associated with COVID-19 disease around the world however, the prevalence of neurological complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Arab countries and Saudi Arabia is still unknown. Objective: To study the prevalence, risk factors, and characteristics of the neurological complications associated with COVID-19 and their relationship with clinical outcomes. Methods: We conducted a prospective, single-center, observational, cohort study of consecutive hospitalized adults COVID-19 patients with and without neurological manifestation admitted between March 2020 until the end of December 2020. Data was collected prospectively using electronic medical records; Cases and controls were observed until they either get discharged from the hospital or died. The primary outcomes were death, survival, and survival with sequalae. Results: Among 497 patients with COVID-19, 118 patients (23.7%) had neurological complications, 94 patients (18.9%) had encephalopathy, and 16 patients (3.2%) had cerebrovascular accidents (CVA). Patients with COVID-19-related neurological complications were older and more likely to have a pre-existing neurological disease. The most common neurological syndrome associated with COVID-19 were encephalopathy (18.9%) and headache (13.7%). Pre-existing neurological disease and an elevated neutrophil count were the strongest predictors of developing any neurological complications. Death form COVID-19 was associated with age (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.02–1.10, P = 0.001), invasive ventilation (OR 37.12, 95% CI 13.36–103.14), COVID-19-related-neurological complications (OR 3.24, 95% CI 1.28–8.21, P = 0.01), and elevated CRP level (OR 1.01, 95% CI 1.00–1.01, P = 0.01). Conclusions: COVID-19 is associated with a wide range of neurological manifestations in people living in Saudi Arabia, with older individuals and those with underlying neurological disorders being most at risk. The presence of neurological complications was associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes.
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- Walid A Alkeridy
- Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Medicine, Geriatric Division, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Kotfis K, Witkiewicz W, Szylińska A, Witkiewicz K, Nalewajska M, Feret W, Wojczyński Ł, Duda Ł, Ely EW. Delirium Severely Worsens Outcome in Patients with COVID-19-A Retrospective Cohort Study from Temporary Critical Care Hospitals. J Clin Med 2021; 10:2974. [PMID: 34279458 PMCID: PMC8267650 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10132974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Delirium is a sign of deterioration of homeostasis and worse prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency, risk factors and prognosis of delirium in patients with COVID-19 in a temporary acute setting hospital. A retrospective cohort analysis of data collected between October 2020 and February 2021 from two temporary acute care hospitals was performed. All consecutive hospitalized patients ≥18 years old with COVID-19 were included. An assessment of consciousness was carried out at least two times a day, including neurological examination. Delirium was identified through retrospective chart review according to DSM-5 criteria if present at least once during hospitalization. Analysis included 201 patients, 39 diagnosed with delirium (19.4%). Delirious patients were older (p < 0.001), frailer (p < 0.001) and the majority were male (p = 0.002). Respiratory parameters were worse in this group with higher oxygen flow (p = 0.013), lower PaO2 (p = 0.043) and higher FiO2 (p = 0.006). The mortality rate was significantly higher in patients with delirium (46.15% vs 3.70%, p < 0.001) with OR 17.212 (p < 0.001) corrected for age and gender. Delirious patients experienced significantly more complications: cardiovascular (OR 7.72, p < 0.001), pulmonary (OR 8.79, p < 0.001) or septic (OR 3.99, p = 0.029). The odds of mortality in patients with COVID-19 presenting with delirium at any point of hospitalization were seventeen times higher.
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- Katarzyna Kotfis
- Department Anesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (W.W.); (Ł.D.)
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- Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland;
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- Department of Pulmonology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-891 Szczecin, Poland;
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (M.N.); (W.F.); (Ł.W.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (M.N.); (W.F.); (Ł.W.)
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- Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (M.N.); (W.F.); (Ł.W.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Pomeranian Medical University, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (W.W.); (Ł.D.)
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- Critical Illness Brain Dysfunction Survivorship Center, Nashville, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA;
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Health Care System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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