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Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 61. No. 3, 2022.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2022.61.03.03

Neurological Symptoms Common in COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study

Selma Tekin orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-1999-0510 ; Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Denizli, Turkey
Zeynep Ünlütürk ; Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Denizli, Turkey
Çağdaş Erdoğan ; Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Denizli, Turkey
Levent Sinan Bir ; Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Denizli, Turkey
Tuğba Sarı ; Pamukkale University,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Denizli, Turkey
Erhan Uğurlu ; Pamukkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonology, Denizli, Turkey

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Abstract

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus outbreak spread rapidly all over the world.
The virus is known to be neuroinvasive, but much is still unknown. In this study, we aimed to present
the main neurologic symptoms in patients who were diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19). The study was conducted retrospectively by phoning 156 patients in Turkey diagnosed
with COVID-19 through real-time polymerase chain reaction; only 100 patients could be reached.
Data about their demographics, initial symptoms, neurological symptoms, and sleeping habits were
collected. During the disease process, 66% had at least one neurological symptom, 55% had central
nervous system symptoms, 42% had peripheral nervous system symptoms, and 64% had sleep disturbances
and myalgia. Impaired consciousness, smell and taste impairments, and sleep disturbances were
significantly higher in patients with positive chest computed tomography imaging (p < 0.05). Neurological
symptoms were observed in COVID-19, as in other coronaviruses. Headache in particular was
the most common symptom in our population. In patients with respiratory system findings, the detection
of certain neurological symptoms such as smell-taste impairments, impaired consciousness, and
sleep disorders were more common. We concluded that COVID-19 patients should be approached in
a more holistic way, taking the nervous system into account.

Keywords

COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Neurology; Neurological Symptoms

Hrčak ID:

296045

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/296045

Publication date:

1.11.2022.

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