In addition to the outstanding chapter referenced below, Dr. Farkas, in the chapter, links to other related neurological chapters that I list below and plan to review over the next days.
- Approach to Stupor & Coma
June 22, 2022 by Dr. Josh Farkas - Delirium
October 10, 2021 by Dr. Josh Farkas - Wernicke encephalopathy
June 25, 2022 by Dr. Josh Farkas
In this post, I reviewed and link to the Internet Book Of Critical Care‘s [TOC] Neurological complications of COVID. June 24, 2022 by Dr. Josh Farkas.
What follows are links to the above resource.
Pitfalls
- Avoid assuming that a neurological abnormality represents a rare COVID-related abnormality (e.g., acute necrotizing encephalopathy). Statistically, patients are most likely to have common disorders (e.g., stroke).
- Avoid attributing any neurologic abnormalities to nonspecific encephalopathy due to COVID. Patients often may have specific, treatable neurological disorders.
- Whenever possible, try to follow standard ICU protocols and procedures (e.g., sedation weaning, early mobilization).
CONTENTS
- Limitations of this chapter
- Brief word on pathogenesis
- General clinical principles
- Encephalopathy
- Diffuse leukoencephalopathy with diffusion restriction
- Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE)
- Mild encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS)
- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) & Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE)
- Myelitis
- Autoimmune encephalitis
- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
- Stroke
- Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)
- Cranial neuropathy
- Myositis
- Podcast
- Questions & discussion
- Pitfalls
