altered mental state

Survey finds ischaemic stroke and altered mental status as most common neurological complications in severe COVID-19 cases

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Brain dam­age, psy­chi­atric prob­lems report­ed in severe coro­n­avirus cas­es, study says (Mia­mi Herald):

A new study shows that severe cas­es of the coro­n­avirus can cause strokes and oth­er neu­ro­log­i­cal issues, or an “altered men­tal state” for patients.

The research, pub­lished in the British med­ical jour­nal Lancet Psy­chi­a­try, looked at a small pool of severe COVID-19 cas­es. The researchers found more than 100 patients who had either neu­ro­log­i­cal or psy­chi­atric prob­lems from the coronavirus.

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