The impact of the SARS-COV2 infection on the disorder of consciousness rehabilitation unit.
Silvia MarinoRosella CiurleoAntonino TodaroAntonella AlagnaAnna Lisa LogiudiceFrancesco CoralloCaterina FormicaCarmela RificiPatrizia PollicinoFabrizia CaminitiElisabetta MoriniPlacido BramantiPublished in: PloS one (2021)
To our knowledge, this is the first longitudinal study on a sample of chronic DOC patients affected by SARS-CoV-2. This study may offer important new clinical information on COVID-19 for management of DOC patients. Our findings showed that for the subjects with severe infection due to COVID-19, rapid clinical deterioration or worsening could be associated with clinical and laboratory findings, which could contribute to high mortality rate. During the COVID-19 epidemic period, the clinicians should consider all the reported risk factors to avoid delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis and to prevent the infection transmission in DOC Rehabilitation Unit.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- chronic kidney disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- healthcare
- patient reported outcomes
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery disease
- loop mediated isothermal amplification