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Complications of invasive mechanical ventilation in critically Ill Covid-19 patients - A narrative review. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022; 80:104201. [PMID: 35874936 PMCID: PMC9287581 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Critically ill COVID-19 patients have to undergo positive pressure ventilation, a non-physiological and invasive intervention that can be lifesaving in severe ARDS. Similar to any other intervention, it has its pros and cons. Despite following Lung Protective Ventilation (LPV), some of the complications are frequently reported in these critically ill patients and significantly impact overall mortality. The complications related to invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in critically ill COVID-19 patients can be broadly divided into pulmonary and non-pulmonary. Among pulmonary complications, the most frequent is ventilator-associated pneumonia. Others are barotrauma, including subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, bullous lesions, cardiopulmonary effects of right ventricular dysfunction, and pulmonary complications mimicking cardiac failure, including pulmonary edema. Tracheal complications, including full-thickness tracheal lesions (FTTLs) and tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEFs) are serious but rare complications. Non-Pulmonary complications include neurological, nephrological, ocular, and oral complications. The complications related to IMV in critically ill covid 19 patients can be broadly divided into pulmonary and non-pulmonary complications. Among pulmonary complications the most frequent is Ventilator associated pneumonia. Others are Barotrauma, Cardiopulmonary effects of right ventricular dysfunction & Pulmonary complications mimicking cardiac failure including pulmonary edema, tracheal complications including full thickness tracheal lesions & tracheoesophageal fistulas. Non-Pulmonary complications of prolonged IMV include neurological, nephrological, ocular and oral complications.
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Kaur R, Singh S, Singh TG, Sood P, Robert J. Covid-19: pharmacotherapeutic insights on various curative approaches in terms of vulnerability, comorbidities, and vaccination. Inflammopharmacology 2022; 30:1-21. [PMID: 34981320 PMCID: PMC8722419 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-021-00904-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and the world has suffered from a pandemic. As of 22nd March 2020, at least 185 countries worldwide had been affected by COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2, leading to COVID-19 pneumonia, infects cells through ACE-2 receptors. The disease has different clinical signs and symptoms, including chills, high fever, dyspnea, and cough. Other symptoms including haemoptysis, myalgia, diarrhoea, expectoration, and fatigue may also occur. The rapid rise in confirmation cases is severe in preventing and controlling COVID-19. In this review, the article will explore and evaluate the insights into how COVID influences patients with other comorbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, and how conditions Urolithiasis, anosmia, and anuria may develop after infection. The virus mutates and the variants are now prevalent in the present scenario where the world stands in eradicating the pandemic by looking into the development of vaccines by several countries and how the vaccination can temporarily help prevent COVID spread.
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- Rupinder Kaur
- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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Wang Y, Zhang F, Byrd JB, Yu H, Ye X, He Y. Differential COVID-19 Symptoms Given Pandemic Locations, Time, and Comorbidities During the Early Pandemic. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:770031. [PMID: 35155491 PMCID: PMC8831795 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.770031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND COVID-19 pandemic is disaster to public health worldwide. Better perspective on COVID's features early in its course-prior to the development of vaccines and widespread variants-may prove useful in the understanding of future pandemics. Ontology provides a standardized integrative method for knowledge modeling and computer-assisted reasoning. In this study, we systematically extracted and analyzed clinical phenotypes and comorbidities in COVID-19 patients found at different countries and regions during the early pandemic using an ontology-based bioinformatics approach, with the aim to identify new insights and hidden patterns of the COVID-19 symptoms. RESULTS A total of 48 research articles reporting analysis of first-hand clinical data from over 40,000 COVID-19 patients were surveyed. The patients studied therein were diagnosed with COVID-19 before May 2020. A total of 18 commonly-occurring phenotypes in these COVID-19 patients were first identified and then classified into different hierarchical groups based on the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO). This meta-analytic approach revealed that fever, cough, and the loss of smell and taste were ranked as the most commonly-occurring phenotype in China, the US, and Italy, respectively. We also found that the patients from Europe and the US appeared to have more frequent occurrence of many nervous and abdominal symptom phenotypes (e.g., loss of smell, loss of taste, and diarrhea) than patients from China during the early pandemic. A total of 22 comorbidities, such as diabetes and kidney failure, were found to commonly exist in COVID-19 patients and positively correlated with the severity of the disease. The knowledge learned from the study was further modeled and represented in the Coronavirus Infectious Disease Ontology (CIDO), supporting semantic queries and analysis. Furthermore, also considering the symptoms caused by new viral variants at the later stages, a spiral model hypothesis was proposed to address the changes of specific symptoms during different stages of the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS Differential patterns of symptoms in COVID-19 patients were found given different locations, time, and comorbidity types during the early pandemic. The ontology-based informatics provides a unique approach to systematically model, represent, and analyze COVID-19 symptoms, comorbidities, and the factors that influence the disease outcomes.
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- Yang Wang
- Guizhou University School of Medicine, Guiyang, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Immunological Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital and People's Hospital of Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou University School of Medicine, Guiyang, China
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Guizhou University School of Medicine, Guiyang, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Immunological Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital and People's Hospital of Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou University School of Medicine, Guiyang, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Immunological Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital and People's Hospital of Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Thomas DC, Chablani D, Parekh S, Pichammal RC, Shanmugasundaram K, Pitchumani PK. Dysgeusia: A review in the context of COVID-19. J Am Dent Assoc 2021; 153:251-264. [PMID: 34799014 PMCID: PMC8595926 DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2021.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Revised: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Background Taste disorders in general, and dysgeusia in particular, are relatively common disorders that may be a sign of a more complex acute or chronic medical condition. During the COVID-19 pandemic, taste disorders have found their way into the realm of general as well as specialty dentistry, with significance in screening for patients who potentially may have the virus. Types of Studies Reviewed The authors searched electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Google Scholar) for studies focused on dysgeusia, ageusia, and other taste disorders and their relationship to local and systemic causes. Results The authors found pertinent literature explaining the normal physiology of taste sensation, proposals for suggested new tastes, presence of gustatory receptors in remote tissues of the body, and etiology and pathophysiology of taste disorders, in addition to the valuable knowledge gained about gustatory disorders in the context of COVID-19. Along with olfactory disorders, taste disorders are one of the earliest suggestive symptoms of COVID-19 infection. Conclusions Gustatory disorders are the result of local or systemic etiology or both. Newer taste sensations, such as calcium and fat tastes, have been discovered, as well as taste receptors that are remote from the oropharyngeal area. Literature published during the COVID-19 pandemic to date reinforces the significance of early detection of potential patients with COVID-19 by means of screening for recent-onset taste disorders. Practical Implications Timely screening and identification of potential gustatory disorders are paramount for the dental care practitioner to aid in the early diagnosis of COVID-19 and other serious systemic disorders.
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Gurrola JG, Chang JL, Roland LT, Loftus PA, Cheung SW. Short-term chemosensory distortions and phantoms in COVID-19. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol 2021; 6:172-176. [PMID: 33821217 PMCID: PMC8014200 DOI: 10.1002/lio2.532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Objective To identify differentiation features of chemosensory dysfunction in COVID-19 infection and their primary drivers. Study Design Cross-sectional cohort comparison. Methods A national anonymous survey was used to query participants regarding nasal symptoms and chemosensory dysfunction including sensitivity levels, and presence or absence of distortions and phantoms within the 6-week time window surrounding their COVID-19 testing and survey completion. Results Three-hundred and sixty-four respondents who reported COVID-19 positive (COVID+; n = 176) or COVID-19 negative (COVID-; n = 188) test results completed the survey. The COVID+ cohort had higher occurrence rates for: (a) chemosensory sensitivity impairments (67.0% vs 30.3%; P < .01), where the rate of complete loss of smell (anosmia) or taste (ageusia) was higher (35.8% vs 4.8%; P < .01), and (b) chemosensory distortions (39.8% vs 19.1%; P < .01), where the rate of anosmia or ageusia with distortions was also higher in the COVID+ cohort (19.9% vs 2.7%; P < .01). Occurrence rates in the two cohorts were similar for chemosensory phantoms (COVID+ 17.0%, COVID- 18.6%; P = .70) and nasal discharge or stuffiness in the presence of sensitivity impairment (COVID+ 63.6%, COVID- 52.6%; P = .17). Conclusion Chemosensory dysfunction in COVID-19 is associated with higher rates of smell or taste sensitivity impairments and distortions. Higher rates of anosmia and ageusia drive these key findings. Chemosensory phantoms and nasal symptoms in the presence of sensitivity impairment occur at rates that should demand clinical attention, but they do not appear to be specific to COVID-19 positivity. Level of Evidence 2b.
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- José G. Gurrola
- Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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Rusetsky Y, Meytel I, Mokoyan Z, Fisenko A, Babayan A, Malyavina U. Smell Status in Children Infected with SARS-CoV-2. Laryngoscope 2021; 131:E2475-E2480. [PMID: 33443298 PMCID: PMC8013292 DOI: 10.1002/lary.29403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS This study aimed to evaluate the olfactory status in children with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 using subjective and psychophysical methods. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical cross-sectional study. METHODS This is a prospective clinical cross-sectional study of 79 children with COVID-19. The 21st item of SNOT-22 questionnaire and odor identification test were used for smell assessment. Children were examined twice during the hospitalization, and a telephone survey was conducted 60 days after hospital discharge. RESULTS Immediately after confirmation of COVID-19, smell impairment was detected in 86.1% of children by means of the Identification test and in 68.4% of children by means of the survey (P = .010). After 5 days survey revealed a statistically significant decrease in the number of patients with hyposmia (41 out of 79, 51.9%). On the first visit, the mean Identification test score corresponded to "hyposmia" (9.5 ± 2.7), while on the second visit, the average value was 13.1 ± 1.9, which corresponded to "normosmia." According to the telephone survey, recovery of the olfactory function occurred within 10 days in 37 of 52 patients (71.2%), 11 to 29 days - in 12 children (23.1%), and later than 30 days - in three cases (5.7%). CONCLUSIONS In the pediatric population, olfactory dysfunction is an early and common symptom of COVID-19. There is a trend to quick recovery of olfactory function in children with COVID-19. The overwhelming majority of patients (94.3%) had no subjective olfactory complaints by the end of the first month. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4 Laryngoscope, 131:E2475-E2480, 2021.
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- Yury Rusetsky
- Otorhinolaryngological surgical department with a group of head and neck diseases, National Medical Research Center of Children's Health, Moscow, Russia.,Department of ear, nose and throat diseases, Central State Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia
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- Otorhinolaryngological surgical department with a group of head and neck diseases, National Medical Research Center of Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of ear, nose and throat diseases, I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Otorhinolaryngological surgical department with a group of head and neck diseases, National Medical Research Center of Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Otorhinolaryngological surgical department with a group of head and neck diseases, National Medical Research Center of Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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- Otorhinolaryngological surgical department with a group of head and neck diseases, National Medical Research Center of Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
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Battaglini D, Santori G, Chandraptham K, Iannuzzi F, Bastianello M, Tarantino F, Ball L, Giacobbe DR, Vena A, Bassetti M, Inglese M, Uccelli A, Rocco PRM, Patroniti N, Brunetti I, Pelosi P, Robba C. Neurological Complications and Noninvasive Multimodal Neuromonitoring in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients. Front Neurol 2020; 11:602114. [PMID: 33329361 PMCID: PMC7729072 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.602114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Purpose: The incidence and the clinical presentation of neurological manifestations of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) remain unclear. No data regarding the use of neuromonitoring tools in this group of patients are available. Methods: This is a retrospective study of prospectively collected data. The primary aim was to assess the incidence and the type of neurological complications in critically ill COVID-19 patients and their effect on survival as well as on hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay. The secondary aim was to describe cerebral hemodynamic changes detected by noninvasive neuromonitoring modalities such as transcranial Doppler, optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), and automated pupillometry. Results: Ninety-four patients with COVID-19 admitted to an ICU from February 28 to June 30, 2020, were included in this study. Fifty-three patients underwent noninvasive neuromonitoring. Neurological complications were detected in 50% of patients, with delirium as the most common manifestation. Patients with neurological complications, compared to those without, had longer hospital (36.8 ± 25.1 vs. 19.4 ± 16.9 days, p < 0.001) and ICU (31.5 ± 22.6 vs. 11.5±10.1 days, p < 0.001) stay. The duration of mechanical ventilation was independently associated with the risk of developing neurological complications (odds ratio 1.100, 95% CI 1.046-1.175, p = 0.001). Patients with increased intracranial pressure measured by ONSD (19% of the overall population) had longer ICU stay. Conclusions: Neurological complications are common in critically ill patients with COVID-19 receiving invasive mechanical ventilation and are associated with prolonged ICU length of stay. Multimodal noninvasive neuromonitoring systems are useful tools for the early detection of variations in cerebrovascular parameters in COVID-19.
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- Denise Battaglini
- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, San Martino Policlinico Hospital - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, San Martino Policlinico Hospital - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, San Martino Policlinico Hospital - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro Network on Neuroinflammation, Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Supporting Research in the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- COVID-19 Virus Network, Ministry of Science and Technology, and Innovation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostic (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
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Severo Bem Junior L, do Rego Aquino PL, Nunes Rabelo N, do Rego Aquino MA, Veiga Silva AC, Ferreira Valenca Mota RDC, Rocha Cirne de Azevedo Filho H. SARS-CoV-2 and Nervous System - Neurological Manifestations in Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review. JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY RESEARCH 2020; 10:113-121. [PMID: 33984094 PMCID: PMC8040459 DOI: 10.14740/jnr602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Coronavirus (CoV) is a virus infectious disease with a considerable spectrum of clinical presentations. Symptoms ranged from asymptomatic infection to severe pneumonia that may lead to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and several clinical complications. Neurologic symptoms related to CoV have been described recently in the literature. The relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and the central nervous system (CNS) is still not clear. This review aimed to reveal the current knowledge regarding CNS manifestation in SARS-CoV-2. A systematic literature review was carried out to identify the particularities of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with CNS involvement, using the PubMed database between January 1, 2020 and April 30, 2020. Conference papers, reviews, published letters, editorials, studies in pregnant women and children, and studies only reporting on a specific factor were excluded. An initial search included as many as 83 articles. Out of the 83 screened articles, 32 were selected for full-text review. Sixteen studies were excluded because they did not analyze nervous system involvement in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thus, 16 papers were included in this review. There were three retrospective studies and 13 case reports/series of cases. Data from the current literature reveal that patients who suffer from a severe illness have more CNS involvement, neurological symptoms (i.e., dizziness, headache) and an association with strokes. The severe patients had higher D-dimer and C-reactive protein levels than non-severe patients and presented multiple organ involvement, such as serious liver, kidney and muscle damage.
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- Luiz Severo Bem Junior
- Neuroscience Post-Graduate Program, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
- Neurology Department, Faculty of Medical Science, UNIFACISA, Campina Grande, Brazil
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Hannum ME, Ramirez VA, Lipson SJ, Herriman RD, Toskala AK, Lin C, Joseph PV, Reed DR. Objective sensory testing methods reveal a higher prevalence of olfactory loss in COVID-19-positive patients compared to subjective methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2020:2020.07.04.20145870. [PMID: 32676608 PMCID: PMC7359533 DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.04.20145870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has currently infected over 6.5 million people worldwide. In response to the pandemic, numerous studies have tried to identify causes and symptoms of the disease. Emerging evidence supports recently acquired anosmia (complete loss of smell) and hyposmia (partial loss of smell) as symptoms of COVID-19, but studies of olfactory dysfunction show a wide range of prevalence, from 5% to 98%. We undertook a search of Pubmed/Medline and Google Scholar with the keywords "COVID-19," "smell," and/or "olfaction." We included any study that quantified olfactory loss as a symptom of COVID-19. Studies were grouped and compared based on the type of method used to measure smell loss-subjective measures such as self-reported smell loss versus objective measures using rated stimuli-to determine if prevalence rate differed by method type. For each study, 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated from point estimates of olfactory disturbance rates. We identified 34 articles quantifying anosmia as a symptom of COVID-19, collected from cases identified from January 16 to April 30, 2020. The pooled prevalence estimate of smell loss was 77% when assessed through objective measurements (95% CI of 61.4-89.2%) and 45% with subjective measurements (95% CI of 31.1-58.5%). Objective measures are a more sensitive method to identify smell loss as a result of infection with SARS-CoV-2; the use of subjective measures, while expedient during the early stages of the pandemic, underestimates the true prevalence of smell loss.
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St, Philadelphia PA 19104
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St, Philadelphia PA 19104
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St, Philadelphia PA 19104
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St, Philadelphia PA 19104
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Nursing Research & National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market St, Philadelphia PA 19104
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