Modelling the Anatomical Distribution of Neurological Events in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review.
Nicholas ParsonsAthanasia OutsikasAnnie ParishRebecca ClohesyNilam ThakkarFiore D'ApranoFidel ToomeyShailesh AdvaniGovinda R PoudelPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2020)
To our knowledge, this is the first study to systematically characterise the spatial distribution of small neurological events in COVID-19 patients and test whether the spatial distribution of these events can be explained by a linear diffusion spread model. The location of neurological events is consistent with commonly identified neurological symptoms including alterations in conscious state among COVID-19 patients that require brain imaging. Given the prevalence and severity of these manifestations, clinicians should carefully monitor neurological symptoms within COVID-19 patients and their potential long-term sequelae .