Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of neurological variants of post-COVID syndrome on the example of the neurological clinic of the Novosibirsk State Regional Clinical Hospital

Current evidence indicates that COVID-19 can affect every organ in human body, causing acute damage and long-term consequences. The aim is to study clinical and epidemiological characteristic of neurological variants of post-covid syndrome on the example of the neurological clinic of Novosibirsk state regional clinical hospital for the period from July 2020 to February 2022. Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of 1500 case histories of patients with a history of COVID-19 in anamnesis and admitted with manifesting neurological diseases was performed for the period from July 2020 to February 2022. Results. In the study of case histories, 30 patients were identified who had manifesting neurological diseases, in time and pathogenetically associated with previous COVID-19. In this category of patients, a predominant lesion of the central nervous system was observed in 74% of cases, the peripheral nervous system - in 23%, in 3% there was a musculoskeletal pathology represented by idiopathic myodystrophy. Conclusion. The frequency of neurological variants of post-COVID syndrome is currently unknown, however, there is a tendency that patients with a history of severe COVID-19 are more susceptible to the development of neurological complications after infection in the period up to 6 months.

COVID-19, COVID-19, post-COVID syndrome, associated neurological variants, Guillain-Barre syndrome, autoimmune encephalomyelitis, encephalopathy