In-hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID-19 - A cohort study.
Claire UfongeneGrace Van HyfteParul AgarwalLeah J BlankJonathan GoldsteinBrian MathewJung-Yi LinAllison NavisLouise McCarthyKapil GururanganVeronica PeschanskyNathalie JetteAriella CohenAndy Ho Wing ChanMandip DhamoonPojen DengEveline M GutzwillerQing HaoCelestine HeWilson D Heredia NunezBritany KlenofskyHernan Nicolas LemusLara MarcuseMallory RobertsEmily M SchorrAnuradha SinghGabriela B TantilloJames J YoungPriti BalchandaniJoanne FestaGeorges NaasanAlexander CharneyGirish NadkarniNathalie JettéPublished in: Epilepsia (2023)
People with COVID-19 who had epilepsy had higher odds of non-routine discharge and longer LOS but not higher mortality. Older age (>65), ventilator use, and higher CCI were associated with COVID 19 mortality in epilepsy. This suggests that older adults with epilepsy and multimorbidity are more vulnerable than those without and should be closely monitored in the setting of COVID-19.