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Semin Neurol 2023; 43(02): 312-320
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1768714
Review Article

Neurorecovery after Critical COVID-19 Illness

Haitham Alabsi
1   Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Kristi Emerson
1   Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
2   Department of Neurology, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
,
David J. Lin 
1   Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
2   Department of Neurology, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Abstract

With the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who have been, and continue to be, affected by pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its chronic sequelae, strategies to improve recovery and rehabilitation from COVID-19 are critical global public health priorities. Neurologic complications have been associated with acute COVID-19 infection, usually in the setting of critical COVID-19 illness. Neurologic complications are also a core feature of the symptom constellation of long COVID and portend poor outcomes. In this article, we review neurologic complications and their mechanisms in critical COVID-19 illness and long COVID. We focus on parallels with neurologic disease associated with non-COVID critical systemic illness. We conclude with a discussion of how recent findings can guide both neurologists working in post-acute neurologic rehabilitation facilities and policy makers who influence neurologic resource allocation.

Keywords

critical covid illness - covid recovery - long covid - Post-Intensive Care Unit Syndrome - Post-ICU Clinics - neurologic rehabilitation


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Article published online:
11 May 2023

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