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Report on Electroencephalographic Findings in Critically Ill Patients with COVID ‐19
Author(s) -
Vespignani Hervé,
Colas Damien,
Lavin Bruce S.,
Soufflet Christine,
Maillard Louis,
Pourcher Valérie,
Paccoud Olivier,
Medjebar Samir,
Frouin PierreYves
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.25814
Subject(s) - electroencephalography , covid-19 , critically ill , arousal , medicine , cohort , anesthesia , consciousness , cohort study , psychology , neuroscience , psychiatry , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In March 2020, we treated a cohort of 26 critically ill hospitalized SARS‐CoV‐2–infected patients who underwent electroencephalography to assess unexplained altered mental status, loss of consciousness, or poor arousal and responsiveness. Of the 26 patients studied, 5 patients had electroencephalograms that showed periodic discharges consisting of high‐amplitude frontal monomorphic delta waves with absence of epileptic activity. These findings may suggest central nervous system injury potentially related to COVID‐19 in these patients. ANN NEUROL 2020;88:626–630