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Universidad Médica Pinareña 2021; 17 (3)

Adverse impact of COVID-19 on the nervous system

Díaz-Rodríguez YL

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 1-3
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Mr. Director:

On March 11th, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic due to the high number of people infected by COVID-19 worldwide. With the progress in the study and research of the novel coronavirus, its impact on different organ systems has become evident. This contributes to its high lethality, which justifies and marks real challenges for the scientific community regarding the medical actions to be taken with these patients.
The clinical picture of COVID-19 is that of a mild flu-like syndrome, in most cases, but in 15 % of these cases it is complicated by interstitial pneumonia and varying degrees of respiratory failure, with recent descriptions of nervous system involvement.


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