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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Infect Public Health
. 2021 May 27;14(7):906-909.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.05.011. Online ahead of print.
Diffuse functional brain disconnection syndrome in critically ill patients with COVID-19
Carmine Iacovazzo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Vargas[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Enrico Tedeschi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Anna De Simone[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Arturo Brunetti[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Giuseppe Servillo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is most closely related to severe respiratory syndrome; however, recent reports showed that it is capable of causing neurological disease. Here we report a case-series of 4 critically ill COVID-19 patients who recovered from pneumonia but showed serious neurological symptoms and eventually died.
Keywords: Brain; Brain damage; COVID-19; Disfunction.
. 2021 May 27;14(7):906-909.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.05.011. Online ahead of print.
Diffuse functional brain disconnection syndrome in critically ill patients with COVID-19
Carmine Iacovazzo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Vargas[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Enrico Tedeschi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Anna De Simone[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Arturo Brunetti[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Giuseppe Servillo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34119844
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.05.011
Abstract
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is most closely related to severe respiratory syndrome; however, recent reports showed that it is capable of causing neurological disease. Here we report a case-series of 4 critically ill COVID-19 patients who recovered from pneumonia but showed serious neurological symptoms and eventually died.
Keywords: Brain; Brain damage; COVID-19; Disfunction.