“This paper suggests, importantly, that hospital encephalopathy may be a predictor for poor outcomes,” said Dr. Y. Schmidt, head of neurological infections and global neurology at the Yale School of Medicine. Serena Spudich, who was not involved in the study, said. The findings also suggest that patients with altered mental function in the hospital may “benefit from post-discharge monitoring or rehabilitation,” he added.
In the study, 162 patients with encephalopathy were more likely to be elderly and male. They were likely to have underlying medical conditions, including a history of any neurological disorder, cancer, brain disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart failure, hypertension or smoking.
Some experts said President Trump, who was Hospitalization with covid from Friday, study and gender of patients, who are more likely to develop altered mental function and therefore may be at higher risk for such symptoms. It also has a history of high cholesterol, which appears to increase the risk in an existing condition. But the president’s doctors gave no indication that he had any neurological symptoms; The White House has revealed that they are talking to people about how well they are doing. And Mr. Trump announced Monday that he would be discharged from Walter Reed Military Hospital in the evening.
Dr. Koranlick urged caution in drawing information, starting with a study of Mr. Trump’s position. “I think we should be careful trying to put the person at risk based on this preceding study.” “We need to know more about the person’s health records, which are not public.”
Altered mental function was not the only neurological complication found in the Northwest study. The study found that percent of the hospitalized patients had neurological symptoms at some point during the epidemic, from the onset of the hospitalization symptom, the study found. The rate is higher than reported in studies in China and Spain, but researchers say it may be due to genetic factors or more time may be available at Northwestern hospitals to identify neurological issues, as they do not overdo it with patients. As other hospitals.
“This is an important study, as the neurological complications of the infection appear frequently and in many cases last longer, but have not yet received much attention,” said Dr. Av, head of the nervous system’s infection department. At the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, who were not involved in the study.
Among the neurological symptoms, muscle pain is seen in about 38 percent of patients and headaches. About 30 percent of people have dizziness. A small percentage had taste or smell disorders.
