Neurological disorders in patients diagnosed with Covid-19

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Karine Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Souza, Lara Silva, Ivo, Olguimar Pereira, Silva Dias, Isabela, Pereira Moretti Vieira, Cleópatra Elisabethe, Pereira, Joice Nara Brito da Silva, de Oliveira Ramos, Paula Karine, Gusmão, Lorena D'Oliveira, Vieira, Cleópatra Elisabethe Pereira Moretti, Santos, Tânia Oliveira dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/32661
• topic: Manifestações neurológicas; Covid-19; Infecções respiratórias; Sistema nervoso.; Manifestaciones neurológicas; Covid-19; Infecciones respiratorias; Sistema nervioso.; Neurological manifestations; Covid-19; Respiratory infections; Nervous system.

Introduction: the virus known as responsible for a worldwide pandemic, has the ability to infect several cell types, usually related to respiratory infections. Objective: to analyze the relationship of neurological disorders in patients diagnosed with Covid-19. Methodology: this is a retrospective, exploratory study and progressive information collection, with the exposure factors that followed the evolution of individuals infected by Covid-19. The sample consisted of 100 medical records of hospitalized patients with a positive diagnosis for Covid-19 and who had neurological disorders. Results: the main neurological disorders caused by Covid-19 were vomiting, headache, nausea, change in stimuli, change in the level of consciousness, dizziness, chills, convulsion, stroke, tremors and syncope. Final Considerations: according to the results of this study, the neurological disorders developed in patients diagnosed with Covid-19 are significant, which confirms the objectives of the present research, concluding that neurological disorders are really related to Covid-19 infection. 19, although most participants had the disease in a moderate or severe form.             Keywords: Neurological manifestations; Covid-19; Respiratory infections; Nervous system.