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Clinical features and prognosis of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 infections in persons with spinal cord injury: a review of current literature.

Apurba BarmanSankha Subhra RoySreeja Kamala SasidharanJagannatha Sahoo
Published in: Spinal cord series and cases (2021)
Based on the few studies published on COVID-19 and SCI populations since 2019, this study determined fever, elevated CRP, lymphocytopenia and ground glass opacities, which indicated inflammation, compromised immune response, and lung edema, as the main clinical features of COVID-19 infection in SCI population. Though COVID-19 infection reported an increased number of deaths in few studies, a significant number of SCI populations with positive RT-PCR were treated successfully and discharged at home.
Keyphrases
  • sars cov
  • spinal cord injury
  • coronavirus disease
  • immune response
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • case control
  • oxidative stress
  • toll like receptor
  • inflammatory response
  • real time pcr