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Abstract Details

Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 patients in India: a case control study
Infectious Disease
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The aim of the study was to study the neurological manifestation in the patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

 
The outbreak of novel corona virus has prominently respiratory system involvement with varied manifestation of other systems as well. We did a case-control study comparing symptomatic with asymptomatic patients.
Demographic and clinical data of 109 SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay confirmed adult patients was collected prospectively. The study was a single center in India. Patients who were unable to cooperate and/or required mechanical ventilation were excluded.  Questionnaire based assessment pertaining to most prevalent symptoms and neurological symptoms were done.
We enrolled 109 patients between 1st April 2020 to 20th April 2020. The mean age of patients was 38.2 (13.4) years and majority were males (86.2%). More than half of the patients (58.7%) were symptomatic and 24.8% of the patients had at least one neurological symptom. Cough was the commonest symptom (46.8%) followed by fever (31.2%). Amongst the neurological symptoms, the commonest was headache (15.6%), and anosmia (9.2%). In addition, patients had increased thirst (9.2%), myalgia (8.3%), weakness (8.3%), decreased taste (8.3%), and decreased sleep (5.5%).
SARS-CoV-2 may have neurological manifestations in addition to respiratory tract symptoms. Commonest symptoms like headache, anosmia, and increased thirst may be enquired in doubtful cases with high index of suspicion.
Authors/Disclosures
Meena Lanjiwar, DM (Kakash Hospital Neuro.)
PRESENTER 		Dr. Lanjiwar has nothing to disclose.
No disclosure on file
Rakesh K. Garg, MD No disclosure on file
M.V.Padma Srivastava No disclosure on file
Deepti Vibha, MD (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Dr. Vibha has nothing to disclose.