Clinical neurological characteristics of geriatric patients with COVID-19 in Sanglah General Hospital from 2020 to 2021

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Romanian Journal of Neurology/ Revista Romana de Neurologie Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI:10.37897/RJN.2021.4.11

A. Yolanda, A. Laksmidewi, A. Meidiary

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Abstract

Background and objectives. COVID-19 is a respiratory infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The COVID-19 associates multi-clinical symptoms such as neurological manifestations with mild to advanced progression. This study aimed to determine the clinical neurological characteristics of geriatric patients with COVID-19. Methods. The study was an observational and descriptive study on 27 geriatric patients with COVID-19. All patients’ age was over 60 years old who treated in the in-patient department of Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar on July 2020 to January 2021. The data were taken from medical records. Outcomes. The mean age of all patients was 70.41 (± 8.902) years, and dominated by the males (51.9%). The majority of manifestations in this study were fever in 13 people (48.1%), unconsciousness in 10 people (37%), hemiparesis in 10 people (37%) and cough in 9 people (33.3%). Conclusions. The clinical neurology characteristics of geriatric patients with COVID-19 vary, which may involve general and neurological manifestations. Promptly accurate diagnosis is necessary for further management.

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2020～2021年桑格拉综合医院老年新冠肺炎患者临床神经系统特点

背景和目标。COVID-19是由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)引起的呼吸道感染。COVID-19将神经系统表现等多临床症状与轻度至晚期进展相关联。本研究旨在确定老年COVID-19患者的临床神经学特征。方法。该研究是一项对27例老年COVID-19患者的观察性描述性研究。所有患者年龄均在60岁以上，于2020年7月至2021年1月在登巴萨Sanglah总医院住院部接受治疗。数据取自医疗记录。结果。患者平均年龄为70.41(±8.902)岁，以男性为主(51.9%)。本组患者主要表现为发热13例(48.1%)，意识不清10例(37%)，偏瘫10例(37%)，咳嗽9例(33.3%)。结论。老年COVID-19患者的临床神经学特征各不相同，可能包括一般表现和神经学表现。及时准确的诊断是进一步治疗的必要条件。

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Romanian Journal of Neurology/ Revista Romana de Neurologie Medicine-Neurology (clinical)

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期刊介绍： ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY (Revista Română de Neurologie), the official journal of the Romanian Society of Neurology, was founded in 2001, being a prestigious scientific journal that provides a high quality in terms of scientific content, but also the editorial and graphic aspect, both through an impartial process of selection, evaluation and correction of articles (peer review procedure), as well as providing editorial, graphic and printing conditions at the highest level. In order to increase the scientific standards of the journal, special attention was paid to the improvement of the quality of the published materials. Guidance articles, clinical trials and case studies are structured in several sections: reviews, original articles, case reports, images in neurology. All articles are published entirely in English. A team of reputable medical professionals in the field of neurology is involved in a rigorous peer review process that complies with international ethics and quality rules in the academic world.