COVID-19 impact on consecutive neurological patients admitted to the emergency department

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Feb;92(2):218-220. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323929. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

Authors

Andrea Pilotto^{1

2}, Alberto Benussi¹, Ilenia Libri¹, Stefano Masciocchi¹, Loris Poli¹, Enrico Premi³, Antonella Alberici¹, Enrico Baldelli¹, Sonia Bonacina¹, Laura Brambilla⁴, Matteo Benini⁵, Salvatore Caratozzolo¹, Matteo Cortinovis¹, Angelo Costa³, Stefano Cotti Piccinelli¹, Elisabetta Cottini¹, Viviana Cristillo¹, Ilenia Delrio³, Massimiliano Filosto¹, Massimo Gamba³, Stefano Gazzina⁶, Nicola Gilberti³, Stefano Gipponi¹, Marcello Giunta¹, Alberto Imarisio¹, Paolo Liberini¹, Martina Locatelli¹, Francesca Schiano¹, Ranata Rao¹, Barbara Risi¹, Luca Rozzini¹, Andrea Scalvini¹, Veronica Vergani³, Irene Volonghi¹, Nicola Zoppi¹, Barbara Borroni¹, Mauro Magoni³, Matilde Leonardi⁷, Gianluigi Zanusso⁸, Sergio Ferrari⁸, Sara Mariotto⁸, Alessandro Pezzini¹, Roberto Gasparotti⁹, Ciro Paolillo¹⁰, Alessandro Padovani¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
² Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation Centre, FERB Onlus, Trescore Balneario, Lombardia, Italy.
³ Stroke Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neuroimmunology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Foundation IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milano, Italy.
⁵ Neurology Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁶ Neurophysiology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁷ Neurology, Public Health and Disability Unit, Foundation IRCCS Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milano, Italy.
⁸ Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁹ Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
¹⁰ Emergency Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
¹¹ Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy alessandro.padovani@unibs.it.

PMID: 33055146
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323929

No abstract available

Keywords: autoimmune encephalitis; clinical neurology; stroke.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Alanine Transaminase / blood
Aspartate Aminotransferases / blood
C-Reactive Protein / metabolism
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Case-Control Studies
Comorbidity
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Fibrinogen / metabolism
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
Nervous System Diseases / epidemiology*
Nervous System Diseases / metabolism
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Fibrinogen
C-Reactive Protein
Aspartate Aminotransferases
Alanine Transaminase