Link Between COVID-associated Seizures and Higher Death Risk Identified by Colleen Fleiss on April 1, 2021 at 8:21 AM
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who experience non-convulsive seizures are at an increased risk of dying, suggested a new study published in the Annals of Neurology. Most of these seizures are not obvious: Unlike seizures that make a person fall down and shake, or convulse, seizures in critically ill patients are usually nonconvulsive, said researcher M. Brandon Westover from the Massachusetts General Hospital. There is increasing evidence that non-convulsive seizures can damage the brain and make outcomes worse, similar to convulsions, Westover added.
‘Neurological complications may be an important contributor to the morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19.
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