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Management of Neurological Complications

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Critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in the intensive care unit (ICU) may develop neurological complications of their central nervous system (CNS) or peripheral nervous system (PNS) that may arise directly from the COVID-19 virus, indirectly as a complication of the COVID-19-related hospitalization, or by mechanisms that have not yet been elucidated. These include encephalopathy, delirium, ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, peripheral nerve injury, and critical illness myopathy. As the evidence of neurological complications in COVID-19 patients accumulate, we aim to provide a concise review on optimal management strategies of these complications. For the purpose of our review, we are excluding patients in the ICU who develop new neurological symptoms and are found to have otherwise asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 PCR positivity.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Jaeho Hwang & Ali Shabahang Saber Tehrani

  2. Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Bo Soo Kim

  3. Neuroscience Critical Care Division, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Sung-Min Cho

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Hwang, J., Kim, B.S., Tehrani, A.S.S., Cho, SM. (2022). Management of Neurological Complications. In: Battaglini, D., Pelosi, P. (eds) COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94992-1_11

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