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Half of the patients had altered brain function or structure, and almost 1 in 5 were in a coma.

Design Cells / iStock Eight of 10 hospitalized COVID-19 patients developed neurologic complications and were six times more likely than their peers to die, according to early results from a global study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. Many of the conditions were mild to moderate, but half of the patients had altered brain function or structure, and almost one in five were in a coma. Led by University of Pittsburgh researchers for the Global Consortium Study of Neurologic Dysfunction ...

SHARE The Global Consortium Study of Neurologic Dysfunction in Covid-19 says hospital patients with clinically diagnosed neurological signs are six times more likely to die than those without. Read More "Very early on in the pandemic it became apparent that a good number of people who were sick enough to be hospitalised also developed neurological problems," said Dr Sherry Chou, lead author and associate professor of critical care medicine, neurology and neurosurgery at the University of Pitt...

Date Time 80% of Hospitalized COVID Patients Have Neurological Issues Patients with clinically diagnosed neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19 are six times more likely to die in the hospital than those without the neurological complications, according to an interim analysis from the Global Consortium Study of Neurologic Dysfunction in COVID-19 (GCS-NeuroCOVID). A paper published today in JAMA Network Open presents early results of the global effort to gather information about the inci...

TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Neurological symptoms are frighteningly common among hospitalized covid-19 patients, and the symptoms are associated with a greater risk of death, a new study shows. A paper published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA Network Open outlines a project studying patients from around the globe. Scientists, including several at the University of Pittsburgh, analyzed data surrounding...

People With Neurological Conditions At Greater Risk of Death by COVID-19 Elizabeth Gardner © (Getty Images) In Control Room Doctor and Radiologist Discuss Diagnosis while Watching Procedure and Monitors Showing Brain Scans Results, In the Background Patient Undergoes MRI or CT Scan Procedure. People who have been under the care of a neurologist, for anything from a stroke to Parkinsons disease to chronic migraines, have a substantially elevated risk of dying from COVID-19. Th...