Table 2.
Neurological sequelae in post-COVID patients
| Neurological sequelae | |||
| Author | Year | Sample | Post-COVID manifestations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avula et al. | 2020 | Three women aged 83, 80 and 88 and a 73-year-old man |
Presence of cerebrovascular event. |
| Besteher et al. |
2022 | 17 women and 13 men with an average age of 47 years |
Increased gray matter in patients with prolonged COVID. |
| Birberg et al. | 2022 | 82 men and 54 women with an average age of 57 years |
Significantly lower scores on late and immediate memory tests. Attention deficits, psychomotor speed, verbal fluency. |
| Dressing et al. | 2022 | 17 women and 13 men with an average age of 53 years |
Microembolic subacute cortical infarction in the left occipital lobe in 1 patient (65-year-old man) and mild microangiopathic changes were present in a 61-year-old patient. |
| Krishnan et al. | 2022 | 36 women and 4 men with an average age of 44 years. |
Impairment of cognitive domains. |
| Langavant et al. |
2021 | 19 men and 7 women with a mean age of 58 years |
Presence of neurological disorders, encephalitis, encephalopathy, cerebrovascular events and Guillain-Barré syndrome. |
| Ortelli et al. | 2021 | 10 men and 1 woman from 56 to 80 years old |
Neuromuscular fatigue. Flaccid tetraparesis, muscle atrophy, areflexia, anosmia, sensory disturbances. |
| Pinna et al. | 2021 | 29 men and 21 women with an average age of 60 years |
Presence of seizures, hypoxic ischemic brain injury. |