Authors
Kerri L LaRovere, Becky J Riggs, Tina Y Poussaint, Cameron C Young, Margaret M Newhams, Mia Maamari, Tracie C Walker, Aalok R Singh, Heda Dapul, Charlotte V Hobbs, Gwenn E McLaughlin, Mary Beth F Son, Aline B Maddux, Katharine N Clouser, Courtney M Rowan, John K McGuire, Julie C Fitzgerald, Shira J Gertz, Steven L Shein, Alvaro Coronado Munoz, Neal J Thomas, Katherine Irby, Emily R Levy, Mary A Staat, Mark W Tenforde, Leora R Feldstein, Natasha B Halasa, John S Giuliano, Mark W Hall, Michele Kong, Christopher L Carroll, Jennifer E Schuster, Sule Doymaz, Laura L Loftis, Keiko M Tarquinio, Christopher J Babbitt, Ryan A Nofziger, Lawrence C Kleinman, Michael A Keenaghan, Natalie Z Cvijanovich, Philip C Spinella, Janet R Hume, Kari Wellnitz, Elizabeth H Mack, Kelly N Michelson, Heidi R Flori, Manish M Patel, Adrienne G Randolph, Mary G Gaspers, Katri V Typpo, Ronald C Sanders, Adam J Schwarz, Helen Harvey, Matt S Zinter, Peter M Mourani, Bria M Coates, Guru Bhoojhawon, Kevin M Havlin, Vicki L Montgomery, Janice E Sullivan, Tamara T Bradford, Melania M Bembea, Susan V Lipton, Ana Lia Graciano, Sabrina R Chen, Suden Kucukak, Jane W Newburger, Ryan W Carroll, Neil D Fernandes, Phoebe H Yager, Kimberly L Marohn, Sabrina M Heidemann, Melissa L Cullimore, Russell J McCulloh, Steven M Horwitz, Simon Li, Rowan F Walsh, Adam J Ratner, Vijaya L Soma, Jennifer K Gillen, Sheemon P Zackai, Kate G Ackerman, Jill M Cholette, Ilana Harwayne-Gidansky, Saul R Hymes, Philip J Overby, Stephanie P Schwartz, Amanda N Lansell, Monica L Koncicki, Joseph Carcillo, Ericka Fink, Dai Kimura, Cindy Bowens, Hillary Crandall, Lincoln S Smith, Pelin Cengiz, Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators
Publication date
2021/5/1
Journal
JAMA neurology
Volume
78
Issue
5
Pages
536-547
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Importance
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects the nervous system in adult patients. The spectrum of neurologic involvement in children and adolescents is unclear.
Objective
To understand the range and severity of neurologic involvement among children and adolescents associated with COVID-19.
Setting, Design, and Participants
Case series of patients (age <21 years) hospitalized between March 15, 2020, and December 15, 2020, with positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 test result (reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and/or antibody) at 61 US hospitals in the Overcoming COVID-19 public health registry, including 616 (36%) meeting criteria for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Patients with neurologic involvement had acute neurologic signs, symptoms, or diseases on presentation or during hospitalization. Life-threatening involvement was adjudicated …
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