Research

In this longitudinal observational study. recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, the authors investigate the occurrence of delirium in hospitalised patients with COVID‐19 and explore its association with adverse outcomes

This report, recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine, represents the second update of a previously published living systematic review (Hernandez AV, Roman YM, Pasupuleti V, et al. Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for treatment or prophylaxis of COVID-19.

he objective of this randomised, open-label trial, recently published in JAMA, was to determine the efficacy of 5 or 10 days of remdesivir treatment compared with standard care on clinical status on day 11 after initiation of treatment in patients with moderate COVID-19 infection.

In this prospective study, the authors aimed to identify the existence of potential brain microstructural changes related to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The aim of this study, recently published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry was, by a systematic review of the reported cases of GBS in SARS-CoV-2 infection, to clarify the clinical and electrophysiological phenotype, to discuss, on the basis of the available data, whether the disease mechanism could be parainfective or postinfective and to speculate on the possible pathogenesis.

In this multicentre retrospective observational cohort study recently published in Lancet Rheumatology, the authors investigate the association between tocilizumab exposure and hospital-related mortality among patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) support for COVID-19.

Rapid and accurate diagnostic tests are essential for controlling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

In this report from Budapest, Hungary, the authors compared several clinical features (including time parameters, rate of intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular therapies) of patients admitted to a university stroke-unit within a 2-month COVID-pandemic period (March and April of 2020) with an identical pre-COVID period of 2019.

For September 2020, we have selected: The RECOVERY Collaborative Group. Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 — Preliminary Report.

For September 2020, we have selected two complementary papers.

Evaluating blood pressure and heart rate changes upon standing helps screening for nOH at bedside.

A paper has just been published – Collaboration between palliative care and neurology: a survey of clinicians in Europe.

Guidelines for the Acute Treatment of Cerebral Edema in Neurocritical Care Patients

New-onset seizures in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Epilepsy care during the COVID-19 pandemic