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. 2023 May 1;51(3):88–97.

Table 1.

Neurological sequelae in post-COVID patients


Neurological sequelae
Author Year Sample Post-COVID manifestations
Besteher et al. 2022 17 women and 13 men with an average
age of 47 years
Cognitive deficits
Checa et al. 2022 29 men and 21 women aged 51 and 65 82.35% (n=14) presented cognitive impairment
Calabria et
al.
2022 49 men and 87 women from 20 to 88
years of age
Executive dysfunction increased steadily after infection.
García-Sánchez et al. 2022 22 men and 41 women from 22 to 78
years old
The most commonly affected domain was attention
(61.9% of the sample).
Hellgren et
al.
2021 28 men and 7 women from 51 to 66
years old
Sixteen of 35 patients (46%) showed cognitive
impairment; 6 of these (17%) had mild/moderate
cognitive impairment.
Ortelli et al. 2021 10 men and 1 woman from 56 to 80
years old
Cognitive fatigue and executive dysfunction.
Pinna et al. 2021 29 men and 21 women with an average
age of 60 years
Short-term memory impairment.
Pistarini et al. 2021 13 men and 7 women over 50
years of age
Impairment of executive functions, short and long term
memory, visuospatial abilities, abstraction and
orientation.