Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients

COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic with a devastating impact on public health. Acute neurological symptoms have been reported after a COVID-19 diagnosis, however, the long-term neurological symptoms including pain is not well established. Using a prospective registry of hospitalized COVID-19 patients,...

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Autores principales: Jude P. J. Savarraj, Angela B. Burkett, Sarah N. Hinds, Atzhiry S. Paz, Andres Assing, Shivanki Juneja, Gabriela D. Colpo, Luis F. Torres, Sung-Min Cho, Aaron M. Gusdon, Louise D. McCullough, H. Alex Choi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fcbc88daf3bd4c8ba499a78d91d51e6f2021-11-16T07:00:24ZPain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients2673-561X10.3389/fpain.2021.737961https://doaj.org/article/fcbc88daf3bd4c8ba499a78d91d51e6f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2021.737961/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2673-561XCOVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic with a devastating impact on public health. Acute neurological symptoms have been reported after a COVID-19 diagnosis, however, the long-term neurological symptoms including pain is not well established. Using a prospective registry of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, we assessed pain and neurological function (including functional, cognitive and psychiatric assessments) of several hospitalized patients at 3 months. Our main finding is that 60% of the patients report pain symptoms. 71% of the patients still experienced neurological symptoms at 3 months and the most common symptoms being fatigue (42%) and PTSD (25%). Cognitive symptoms were found in 12%. Our preliminary findings suggests the importance of investigating long-term outcomes and rationalizes the need for further studies investigating the neurologic outcomes and symptoms of pain after COVID-19.Jude P. J. SavarrajAngela B. BurkettSarah N. HindsAtzhiry S. PazAndres AssingShivanki JunejaGabriela D. ColpoLuis F. TorresSung-Min ChoAaron M. GusdonLouise D. McCulloughH. Alex ChoiFrontiers Media S.A.articlepainCOVID-19long-haulneurological symptomsfatigueNeurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENFrontiers in Pain Research, Vol 2 (2021)
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topic pain
COVID-19
long-haul
neurological symptoms
fatigue
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle pain
COVID-19
long-haul
neurological symptoms
fatigue
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Jude P. J. Savarraj
Angela B. Burkett
Sarah N. Hinds
Atzhiry S. Paz
Andres Assing
Shivanki Juneja
Gabriela D. Colpo
Luis F. Torres
Sung-Min Cho
Aaron M. Gusdon
Louise D. McCullough
H. Alex Choi
Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients
description COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic with a devastating impact on public health. Acute neurological symptoms have been reported after a COVID-19 diagnosis, however, the long-term neurological symptoms including pain is not well established. Using a prospective registry of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, we assessed pain and neurological function (including functional, cognitive and psychiatric assessments) of several hospitalized patients at 3 months. Our main finding is that 60% of the patients report pain symptoms. 71% of the patients still experienced neurological symptoms at 3 months and the most common symptoms being fatigue (42%) and PTSD (25%). Cognitive symptoms were found in 12%. Our preliminary findings suggests the importance of investigating long-term outcomes and rationalizes the need for further studies investigating the neurologic outcomes and symptoms of pain after COVID-19.
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author Jude P. J. Savarraj
Angela B. Burkett
Sarah N. Hinds
Atzhiry S. Paz
Andres Assing
Shivanki Juneja
Gabriela D. Colpo
Luis F. Torres
Sung-Min Cho
Aaron M. Gusdon
Louise D. McCullough
H. Alex Choi
author_facet Jude P. J. Savarraj
Angela B. Burkett
Sarah N. Hinds
Atzhiry S. Paz
Andres Assing
Shivanki Juneja
Gabriela D. Colpo
Luis F. Torres
Sung-Min Cho
Aaron M. Gusdon
Louise D. McCullough
H. Alex Choi
author_sort Jude P. J. Savarraj
title Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients
title_short Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients
title_full Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients
title_fullStr Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients
title_full_unstemmed Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients
title_sort pain and other neurological symptoms are present at 3 months after hospitalization in covid-19 patients
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/fcbc88daf3bd4c8ba499a78d91d51e6f
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