Review of neurological manifestations in patients with COVID-19

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Keywords:

Manifestaciones neurológicas, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Neurotropismo

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is an emerging disease with global incidence, which exhibits numerous respiratory complications; however, neurological manifestations are reported in infected patients.
Objective:
to argue the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infection and neurological manifestations.
Methods:
a bibliographic review was carried out during June 2020, for which 34 articles retrieved from databases such as The Lancet, Journal of Medical Virology, Neurology, among others, were consulted. Search strategies such as the combination of terms and Boolean operators were used, as well as theoretical methods of analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and historical-logical.
Results:
although respiratory symptoms predominate in the clinical picture of COVID-19, it is also possible to find numerous conditions in the nervous system of infected patients, which is possible thanks to the neurotropism, neurovirulence and neuroinvasion exhibited by the virus. The incidence and characteristics of the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 are not well established at present.Neurological patients are also susceptible to other diseases such as COVID-19, which can be misinterpreted in the current epidemiological situation.
Conclusions: neurological manifestations such as headaches, anosmia, cerebrovascular diseases, encephalitis, encephalopathy and Guillain-Barré syndrome have been observed in patients with COVID-9. The main aspects involved in the neurotropism, neurovirulence and neuroinvasion of SARS-CoV-2 are related to viral factors and host characteristics. The causes of the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 are not well established, therefore, a greater number of epidemiological studies are necessary.

DeCS: CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; NEUROLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; CORONAVIRUS.

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Author Biography

Felipe de Jesús López-Catá, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey "Carlos J. Finlay"

Estudiante de 3er año de Medicina. Miembro del MAA Frank País en la especialidad de Neurocirugía en 2do año de servicio.

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2021-09-10

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López-Catá F de J, Matos-Santisteban MA, Castillo Miranda OL. Review of neurological manifestations in patients with COVID-19. Prog [Internet]. 2021 Sep. 10 [cited 2025 May 12];4(1):47-63. Available from: https://revprogaleno.sld.cu/index.php/progaleno/article/view/224

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