Critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds for patients with severe COVID-19: etiologic hypotheses.

François LersyThibault WillaumeJean-Christophe BrissetOlivier CollangeJulie HelmsFrancis SchneiderAgathe ChammasAlexandre WillaumeNicolas MeyerMathieu AnheimFrançois CottonStéphane Kremer

Published in: Journal of neurology (2020)

Blood-brain barrier dysfunction secondary to hypoxemia and high concentration of uremic toxins seems to be the main mechanism leading to critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds, and this complication remains to be frequently described in severe COVID-19 patients.

Keyphrases

blood brain barrier
cerebral ischemia
sars cov
subarachnoid hemorrhage
coronavirus disease
early onset
brain injury
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
cerebral blood flow