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Encephalopathy Common, Fatal in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

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eMediNexus    28 March 2021

According to new research published in Neurocritical Care, toxic metabolic encephalopathy (TME) appears to be common and often fatal in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

A retrospective study of around 4500 patients with COVID-19 noted that 12% were diagnosed with TME. About 78% of these developed encephalopathy immediately before hospitalization. The most common causes included septic encephalopathy, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and uremia; however, multiple causes were identified in nearly 80% of the patients. TME was also found to be tied to a 24% higher risk of death during hospitalization. The researchers noted that around 1 in 8 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had TME, which was not connected with the effects of sedatives… (Medscape)

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