item: #1 of 38 id: cord-257691-oka9d03h author: Bogaert, Kelly title: Contained aortic rupture in a term pregnant patient during the COVID-19 pandemic date: 2020-09-15 words: 2278 flesch: 41 summary: Outcomes in pregnant women with acute aortic dissections: a review of the literature from 2003 to 2013 Cardiac nursing Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of aortic dissection Aortic dissection in pregnancy: analysis of risk factors and outcome Acute aortic dissection and pregnancy: review and meta-analysis of incidence, presentation, and pathologic substrates Acute ascending aortic dissection during pregnancy Glenn's Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Aortic dissection related to pregnancy: the International registry of acute aortic dissection (IRAD) Pregnancy and the risk of aortic dissection or rupture: a Cohort-Crossover analysis Pregnancy with Loeys-Dietz: care informed by case series Comparison of aortic dissection in patients with and without Marfan's syndrome (results from the International registry of aortic dissection) Dissecting aortic aneurysm during pregnancy Dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta during the third trimester of pregnancy with cardiac tamponade Aortic dissection in pregnancy Acute aortic dissection in third trimester pregnancy without risk factors Feasibility and accuracy of bedside transthoracic echocardiography in diagnosis of acute proximal aortic dissection guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with thoracic aortic disease: a report of the American College of cardiology Foundation/ American heart association Task force on practice guidelines, American association for thoracic surgery, American College of radiology, American stroke association, society of cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions, society of interventional radiology, society of thoracic surgeons, and Society for vascular medicine Clinical course of coronavirus disease-2019 in pregnancy Large D-dimer fluctuation in normal pregnancy: a longitudinal cohort study of 4,117 samples from 714 healthy Danish women We thank Drs Thomas Marino and Gaetano Bello for their instrumental role in the patient's care and clinical decisions. Aortic dissection and rupture is a rare occurrence in pregnant and postpartum patients. keywords: acute; aneurysm; aortic; aortic dissection; care; case; covid-19; diagnosis; dimer; dissection; dyspnoea; echocardiogram; high; history; loeys; non; pain; pandemic; patient; pericardial; postpartum; pregnancy; pregnant; presentation; rare; risk; rupture; surgical; syncope; syndrome; team; thoracic; tte; valve; women cache: cord-257691-oka9d03h.txt plain text: cord-257691-oka9d03h.txt item: #2 of 38 id: cord-257839-kfzc4pwq author: Ferguson, Katie title: COVID-19 associated with extensive pulmonary arterial, intracardiac and peripheral arterial thrombosis date: 2020-08-03 words: 2809 flesch: 43 summary: Incidence of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 Incidence of thrombotic complications in critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19 Venous and arterial thromboembolic complications in COVID-19 patients admitted to an academic hospital in The British Thoracic Society. [1] [2] [3] [4] Expert guidance currently recommends higher than standard doses of prophylactic anticoagulation for patients with COVID-19 requiring critical care. keywords: acute; angiography; anticoagulation; arterial; artery; associated; bilateral; bmj; care; case; clinical; complications; covid-19; ctpa; day; dimer; disease; dose; endothelial; high; history; incidence; infection; initial; intracardiac; left; levels; limb; lower; occlusion; patients; peripheral; pneumonia; prophylactic; pte; pulmonary; respiratory; risk; sars; simultaneous; syndrome; thromboembolism; thrombosis; tibial; treatment; use; vascular; venous; vte cache: cord-257839-kfzc4pwq.txt plain text: cord-257839-kfzc4pwq.txt item: #3 of 38 id: cord-257884-5exwwxin author: Kumar, Rajesh title: Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 date: 2020-08-18 words: 2112 flesch: 51 summary: [4] [5] [6] One reported COVID-19 case with upper respiratory tract symptoms had haemorrhagic pericardial effusion with tamponade. key: cord-257884-5exwwxin authors: Kumar, Rajesh; Kumar, Jathinder; Daly, Caroline; Edroos, Sadat Ali title: Acute pericarditis as a primary presentation of COVID-19 date: 2020-08-18 journal: BMJ Case Rep DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237617 sha: doc_id: 257884 cord_uid: 5exwwxin The COVID-19 pandemic is a highly contagious viral illness which conventionally manifests primarily with respiratory symptoms. keywords: absence; acute; associated; blood; cardiac; case; chest; clinical; contact; coronavirus; covid-19; day; days; diagnosis; disease; ecg; effusion; heart; injury; involvement; kumar; manuscript; myocarditis; negative; normal; pain; patient; pericardial; pericarditis; presentation; respiratory; severe; symptoms; tests; transmission; tte; use; viral; virus; viruses cache: cord-257884-5exwwxin.txt plain text: cord-257884-5exwwxin.txt item: #4 of 38 id: cord-259108-16lqa84n author: Gananandan, Kohilan title: Guttate psoriasis secondary to COVID-19 date: 2020-08-11 words: 987 flesch: 49 summary: The role of streptococcal infection in the initiation of guttate psoriasis Respiratory virus infection triggers acute psoriasis flares across different clinical subtypes and genetic backgrounds Clinical course of guttate psoriasis: long-term followup study Contributors KG assessed the patient and helped to draft the manuscript. Non-antistreptococcal interventions for acute guttate psoriasis or an acute guttate flare of chronic psoriasis keywords: acute; bmj; case; clinical; covid-19; day; flare; guttate; infection; like; manuscript; new; patient; psoriasis; rapid; respiratory; streptococcal; symptoms; use cache: cord-259108-16lqa84n.txt plain text: cord-259108-16lqa84n.txt item: #5 of 38 id: cord-259250-ybfyiykz author: Korem, Sindhuja title: Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with COVID-19 disease date: 2020-09-21 words: 1978 flesch: 47 summary: Revue Neurologique Guillain-Barré syndrome following COVID-19: new infection, old complication? Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: causality or coincidence? Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: tissue distribution, Host-Virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms Neurologic complications of COVID-19 Guillain Barre syndrome associated with COVID-19 infection: a case report is a need for further investigation into how COVID-19 is related to GBS.Contributors Contributions were collaboratively made by all authors. Our case had a typical course of viral symptoms preceding GBS findings. keywords: analysis; barré; case; clinical; cough; covid-19; diagnosis; extremities; fever; findings; gbs; guillain; infection; lower; lumbar; manifestations; nervous; neurologic; new; normal; old; paresthesias; patient; reflexes; respiratory; sars; symptoms; syndrome; system; treatment; upper; virus; weakness; weeks cache: cord-259250-ybfyiykz.txt plain text: cord-259250-ybfyiykz.txt item: #6 of 38 id: cord-263530-t9ryky6f author: Kamal, Yasmine Mohamed title: Cerebrospinal fluid confirmed COVID-19-associated encephalitis treated successfully date: 2020-09-16 words: 2492 flesch: 41 summary: ► A red flag of the possibility of COVID-19 encephalitis should be raised whenever patients present with abnormal behaviour, acute psychosis, confusion state or drowsiness. Analysis of clinical outcomes in pediatric bacterial meningitis focusing on patients without cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis Normocellular CSF in herpes simplex encephalitis COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis complicated with intracranial hemorrhage: a case report We would like to thank Dr Raheel Ahmed for his assistance in direct patient care, as well as Dr Maria Khan, for the final review of the article. keywords: absence; acute; article; brain; care; case; cerebrospinal; clinical; cns; confusion; consistent; coronavirus; covid-19; csf; day; disease; drowsiness; early; encephalitis; evidence; examination; fluid; hcov; level; management; manifestations; medical; meningitis; neurological; normal; patient; pleocytosis; possibility; pulmonary; respiratory; sars; severe; significant; symptoms; times; viral; weeks cache: cord-263530-t9ryky6f.txt plain text: cord-263530-t9ryky6f.txt item: #7 of 38 id: cord-269703-d3yv9mcl author: Hori, Arinobu title: PTSD and bipolar II disorder in Fukushima disaster relief workers after the 2011 nuclear accident date: 2020-09-17 words: 4778 flesch: 55 summary: Psychological distress after the great East Japan earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident: results of a mental health and lifestyle survey through the Fukushima health management survey in FY2011 and FY2012 Severe psychological distress of Evacuees in evacuation zone caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident: the Fukushima health management survey Mental health and psychological impacts from the 2011 great East Japan earthquake disaster: a systematic literature review Psychiatric outpatients after the 3.11 complex disaster in Fukushima Mental disorders that exacerbated due to the Fukushima disaster, a complex radioactive contamination disaster Newly admitted psychiatric inpatients after the 3.11 disaster in Fukushima Report from Minamisoma City: diversity and complexity of psychological distress in local residents after a nuclear power plant accident A systematic review of health outcomes among disaster and humanitarian responders Occurrence of delayed-onset post-traumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies Mental health consequences of the Chernobyl disaster A 25 year retrospective review of the psychological consequences of the Chernobyl accident Mental health and alcohol problems among Estonian cleanup workers 24 years after the Chernobyl accident Factors related to the fatigue of relief workers in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake: survey results 2.5 years after the disaster Longitudinal effects of disaster-related experiences on mental health among Fukushima nuclear plant workers: the Fukushima news project study The longitudinal mental health impact of Fukushima nuclear disaster exposures and public criticism among power plant workers: the Fukushima news project study Emotional processing of fear: exposure to corrective information Efficacy of prolonged exposure therapy for a patient with late-onset PTSD affected by evacuation due to the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident Longitudinal associations of radiation risk perceptions and mental health among non-evacuee residents of Fukushima Prefecture seven years after the nuclear power plant disaster Changes in risk perception of the health effects of radiation and mental health status: the Fukushima health management survey 6 keys to resilience for PTSD and everyday stress Coping styles of outpatients with a bipolar disorder Building risk communication capabilities among professionals: seven essential characteristics of risk communication Enhancement of PTSD treatment through social support in Idobata-Nagaya community housing after Fukushima's triple disaster Mental health response to community disasters: a systematic review Suicidality risk and (repeat) disaster exposure: findings from a nationally representative population survey Hospital staff shortage after the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan-An earthquake, Tsunamis, and nuclear power plant accident: a case of the Soso district Mental health crisis in northeast Fukushima after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster Acknowledgements We thank all those who contributed to the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. What kind of measures should be taken to deal with mental health problems caused by complex disasters, including nuclear disasters? Important characteristics of the traumatic events experienced by disaster-relief workers in complex disasters, including nuclear accidents, and as demonstrated throughout this case, are as follows: keywords: accident; addition; affected; bipolar; case; community; complex; day; disaster; disorder; earthquake; east; evacuation; exposure; following; fukushima; geje; government; great; health; japan; local; long; mental; mental health; months; nuclear; patient; people; plant; power; problems; psychological; ptsd; radiation; recovery; relief; residents; risk; session; symptoms; term; time; traumatic; treatment; tsunami; workers; years cache: cord-269703-d3yv9mcl.txt plain text: cord-269703-d3yv9mcl.txt item: #8 of 38 id: cord-275699-hdmeyomt author: Singh, Aminder title: Morphology of COVID-19–affected cells in peripheral blood film date: 2020-05-27 words: 1101 flesch: 44 summary: Platelets were adequate, with a few giant forms and focal platelet attachment on the surface of images in… Learning points ► In peripheral blood film (PBF), neutrophils showed characteristic C-shaped, fetus-like nuclei, elongated nucleoplasm, and ring-shaped nuclei. Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation Diagnostic testing for severe acute respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus-2: a narrative review COVID-19 infection induces readily detectable morphological and inflammation-related phenotypic changes in peripheral blood monocytes, the severity of which correlate with patient outcome This article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ's website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. keywords: arrow; blood; bmj; chromatin; covid-19; cytoplasmic; day; diagnosis; granules; large; like; lymphocytes; lymphocytopaenia; monocytes; neutrophils; nuclear; nuclei; patient; pbf; peripheral; prominent; use cache: cord-275699-hdmeyomt.txt plain text: cord-275699-hdmeyomt.txt item: #9 of 38 id: cord-276938-hv2ttwr8 author: Artru, Florent title: Acute immune thrombocytopaenic purpura in a patient with COVID-19 and decompensated cirrhosis date: 2020-07-07 words: 1319 flesch: 43 summary: Of note, this outcome is remarkable also in light of recent data indicating an increased mortality from COVID-19 in patients with pre-existing liver disease and, notably, cirrhosis. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with Covid-19 Autoimmune and inflammatory diseases following COVID-19 COVID-19 and its implications for thrombosis and anticoagulation Immune thrombocytopenia COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 among patients with pre-existing liver disease in United States: a multi-center research network study Contributors FA and GS conceived the study, performed the literature research and wrote the paper. keywords: case; cirrhosis; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; day; days; dexamethasone; disease; favourable; immune; itp; ivig; liver; patient; platelet; sars; severe; thrombocytopaenia; use cache: cord-276938-hv2ttwr8.txt plain text: cord-276938-hv2ttwr8.txt item: #10 of 38 id: cord-276984-npgalqoz author: Dahl Mathiasen, Victor title: Uneventful case of COVID-19 in a kidney transplant recipient date: 2020-07-20 words: 1783 flesch: 46 summary: COVID-19 Dashboard by the center for systems science and engineering A single center observational study of the clinical characteristics and short-term outcome of 20 kidney transplant patients admitted for SARS-CoV2 pneumonia Successful recovery of COVID-19 pneumonia in a renal transplant recipient with long-term immunosuppression Covid-19 and kidney transplantation COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: a single-center case series from Spain COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients Outcomes from pandemic influenza A H1N1 infection in recipients of solid-organ transplants: a multicentre cohort study COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study Prevalence of obesity among adult inpatients with COVID-19 in France Managing COVID-19 in renal transplant recipients: a review of recent literature and case supporting Corticosteroid-sparing immunosuppression COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: initial report from the US EpiCenter Acknowledgements We want to thank Professor Henrik Birn, MD, DMSc, PhD at The case demonstrates that kidney transplant recipients are not necessarily severely affected by COVID-19. keywords: admission; case; clinical; covid-19; data; day; days; disease; fever; high; illness; immunosuppressive; infection; kidney; mortality; organ; patient; rate; recipients; risk; sars; severe; solid; study; tacrolimus; therapy; transplant; transplantation; withdrawal cache: cord-276984-npgalqoz.txt plain text: cord-276984-npgalqoz.txt item: #11 of 38 id: cord-279989-swsxez0a author: Sokolov, Elisaveta title: Non-convulsive status epilepticus: COVID-19 or clozapine induced? date: 2020-10-04 words: 2670 flesch: 49 summary: In addition, we discuss the possible effects of clozapine on the electroclinical presentation by way of possible seizure induction as well as discuss the possible EEG changes and we highlight that this needs to be kept in mind especially during rapid titration. In addition, we discuss the possible effects of clozapine on the electroclinical presentation by way of possible seizure induction as well as discuss the possible EEG changes and we highlight that this needs to be kept in mind especially during rapid titration. keywords: admission; bmj; case; changes; clozapine; convulsive; cov-2; covid-19; data; day; discharges; disorder; eeg; electroclinical; epilepticus; epileptiform; evidence; figure; highlight; history; infection; manifestations; ncse; neurological; non; patient; possible; presentation; rapid; review; sars; schizoaffective; seizures; status; time; titration; use cache: cord-279989-swsxez0a.txt plain text: cord-279989-swsxez0a.txt item: #12 of 38 id: cord-281121-pleula62 author: Ameer, Nasir title: Guillain-Barré syndrome presenting with COVID-19 infection date: 2020-09-14 words: 2390 flesch: 51 summary: Guillain-Barré syndrome Guillain-Barré syndrome Mimics and chameleons in Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes Identification of a novel coronavirus causing severe pneumonia in human: a descriptive study novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: a review of the current literature Neurological complications during treatment of middle East respiratory syndrome Neurologic manifestations of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): a review Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: causality or coincidence? Guillain Barre syndrome associated with COVID-19 infection: a case report Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus statement. With the incubation period for COVID-19 respiratory symptoms believed to be up to 14 days, it is possible that neurological symptoms could develop before respiratory and other symptoms. keywords: acute; barré; barré syndrome; case; concurrent; conduction; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; csf; day; days; disease; examination; function; glucose; grade; guillain; hospital; infection; limb; lower; motor; mrc; nerve; neurological; normal; pain; pandemic; patient; plantar; reflexes; respiratory; responses; sars; signs; symptoms; syndrome; time; weakness; weeks cache: cord-281121-pleula62.txt plain text: cord-281121-pleula62.txt item: #13 of 38 id: cord-281733-bsq0ewac author: Veyseh, Maedeh title: Left gonadal vein thrombosis in a patient with COVID-19-associated coagulopathy date: 2020-09-07 words: 2468 flesch: 38 summary: 8 Concomitant VTE, a potential cause of unexplained deaths, has been frequently reported in COVID-19 cases. Our case emphasises the high risk of coagulopathy in COVID-19 cases, even without a severe systemic infection. keywords: abdominal; acute; bmj; case; coagulation; coagulopathy; common; coronavirus; covid-19; dimer; disease; embolism; endothelial; hypercoagulability; ill; illness; incidence; infection; inflammatory; injury; lower; ovarian; ovt; pain; patients; pneumonia; present; presentation; pulmonary; report; respiratory; right; risk; secondary; severe; state; symptoms; thrombosis; unusual; use; vein; venous cache: cord-281733-bsq0ewac.txt plain text: cord-281733-bsq0ewac.txt item: #14 of 38 id: cord-285579-gvgt55o4 author: Asif, Rehan title: Rare complication of COVID-19 presenting as isolated headache date: 2020-10-29 words: 1414 flesch: 46 summary: A scoping review Incidence of thrombotic complications in critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19 Venous and arterial thromboembolic complications in COVID-19 patients admitted to an academic hospital in Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19 Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis as a presentation of COVID-19 Contributors RA was involved in the planning, literature search design and writing of the case report. key: cord-285579-gvgt55o4 authors: Asif, Rehan; O' Mahony, Marcella Sinead title: Rare complication of COVID-19 presenting as isolated headache date: 2020-10-29 journal: BMJ Case Rep DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239275 sha: doc_id: 285579 cord_uid: gvgt55o4 An 18-year-old man presented with persistent isolated headache 2 weeks after recovering from acute COVID-19 illness. keywords: acute; admission; article; bmj; case; cerebral; clinical; complications; covid-19; cvst; events; factors; headache; illness; initial; neurological; patients; presentation; reported; risk; severe; sinus; thromboembolic; thrombosis; use; venous cache: cord-285579-gvgt55o4.txt plain text: cord-285579-gvgt55o4.txt item: #15 of 38 id: cord-288608-2y5626qf author: Ramadan, Shadi M title: An interesting case of small vessel pathology following coronavirus infection date: 2020-09-07 words: 2144 flesch: 37 summary: The initial clinical presentation was typical of a small vessel vasculitic process, but the skin biopsy was taken after steroid initiation and the results were not diagnostic of small vessel vasculitis. Though we do not have diagnostic histology of vasculitis, we believe this to be a case of small vessel vasculitis caused by coronavirus OC43 infection. keywords: antibody; association; authors; biopsy; blood; bmj; case; clinical; conditions; coronavirus; covid-19; diagnosis; disease; evidence; extensive; feet; infection; inflammation; investigations; legs; lower; negative; normal; oc43; occlusive; oral; pathogenesis; patient; process; rash; respiratory; skin; small; symptoms; thrombosis; vasculitis; vasculopathy; vessel; viruses; year cache: cord-288608-2y5626qf.txt plain text: cord-288608-2y5626qf.txt item: #16 of 38 id: cord-291642-xfkdxnfb author: Howley, Fergal title: Late presentation of ‘Lemierre’s syndrome’: how a delay in seeking healthcare and reduced access to routine services resulted in widely disseminated Fusobacterium necrophorum infection during the global COVID-19 pandemic date: 2020-10-10 words: 2580 flesch: 38 summary: 6 At a time when the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has disrupted the provision of routine healthcare services on a national and global scale, we describe a delayed presentation of disseminated F. necrophorum infection in an immunocompetent young male, in a case that emphasises the importance of encouraging patients to seek urgent medical care during a pandemic. While the majority of cases are of oropharyngeal origin, Lemierre's syndrome can also arise as a complication of an odontogenic infection, 7 and disseminated F. necrophorum infection has even been described following routine dental cleaning. keywords: abscesses; admission; anticoagulation; antimicrobial; authors; brain; care; case; clinical; cov-2; dental; disease; figure; fusobacterium; global; healthcare; ijv; imaging; infection; internal; intracranial; involvement; jugular; left; lemierre; liver; lungs; medical; neck; necrophorum; oropharyngeal; outbreak; pandemic; patients; presentation; risk; routine; sars; septic; services; syndrome; therapy; thrombosis; vein cache: cord-291642-xfkdxnfb.txt plain text: cord-291642-xfkdxnfb.txt item: #17 of 38 id: cord-295527-d5laummv author: El-Baba, Firas title: Prolonged RNA shedding of the 2019 novel coronavirus in an asymptomatic patient with a VP shunt date: 2020-09-14 words: 1829 flesch: 47 summary: This pathophysiology may explain why our patient with a VP shunt had prolonged viral shedding thus illustrating a VP shunt as a possible predisposition for prolonged viral shedding and a potential viral niche for COVID-19. 15 To our knowledge, our case of viral shedding for 36 days is the longest reported in a relatively young, asymptomatic patient or in a patient with a VP shunt demonstrating a VP shunt as a possible predisposition for prolonged viral shedding and possible asymptomatic infectivity. keywords: asymptomatic; case; chest; china; coronavirus; course; covid-19; days; disease; facility; infectivity; inpatient; nasopharyngeal; non; novel; patient; pcr; pneumonia; positive; possible; prolonged; psychiatric; respiratory; rna; sars; shedding; shunt; small; transmission; viral cache: cord-295527-d5laummv.txt plain text: cord-295527-d5laummv.txt item: #18 of 38 id: cord-296619-uhhndp0a author: Kondo, Yuki title: Coinfection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus date: 2020-07-01 words: 1692 flesch: 48 summary: Coinfection with SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses has been described, but the reported frequency is variable. The clinical characteristics of patients with both COVID-19 and influenza virus infection were similar to those of COVID-19 cases. keywords: acute; admission; bmj; cases; chest; clinical; coinfection; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; day; days; favipiravir; fever; influenza; non; pathogens; patient; positive; possibility; respiratory; sars; severe; symptoms; treatment; use; virus cache: cord-296619-uhhndp0a.txt plain text: cord-296619-uhhndp0a.txt item: #19 of 38 id: cord-296950-9dldbs6o author: El-Zein, Rayan S title: COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis treated with intravenous immunoglobulin date: 2020-09-06 words: 1842 flesch: 38 summary: The CSF PCR for SARS-CoV-2 was negative, yet this could not exclude COVID-19 meningoencephalitis. Large studies pertaining to the incidence, diagnostics, and therapeutics of COVID-19 neurologic manifestations remain lacking. keywords: acute; admission; altered; brain; case; cells; central; cns; cov-2; covid-19; csf; day; days; encephalitis; examination; immunoglobulin; intravenous; ivig; meningoencephalitis; mental; mri; negative; nervous; neurological; patient; pcr; pneumonia; respiratory; sars; severe; status; symptoms; syndrome; system; therapy; viral cache: cord-296950-9dldbs6o.txt plain text: cord-296950-9dldbs6o.txt item: #20 of 38 id: cord-297693-lqyc49t6 author: Samec, Matthew J title: 80-year-old man with dyspnoea and bilateral groundglass infiltrates: an elusive case of COVID-19 date: 2020-05-27 words: 2829 flesch: 41 summary: The primary symptoms in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 infection are fever (88.7%), cough (67.8%), fatigue (38.1%), dyspnoea (18.7%), myalgia (14.9%) and chills (11.5%). There have been three published case reports of initially negative COVID-19 PCR tests in patients subsequently new disease determined to have COVID-19 infection. keywords: acute; bilateral; care; case; chest; china; clinical; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; cpr; crazy; disease; dyspnoea; emergency; groundglass; health; hours; imaging; infection; initial; negative; new; non; normal; novel; opacities; pandemic; patients; pattern; paving; pcr; pneumonia; positive; presentation; prevention; prior; public; pulmonary; respiratory; results; sars; severe; spread; symptoms; syndrome; test; testing; transmission; use; viral; workup; wuhan cache: cord-297693-lqyc49t6.txt plain text: cord-297693-lqyc49t6.txt item: #21 of 38 id: cord-300183-z3fwtwqb author: Ahmed, Taha title: Community and healthcare system-related factors feeding the phenomenon of evading medical attention for time-dependent emergencies during COVID-19 crisis date: 2020-08-25 words: 3449 flesch: 44 summary: The data from various countries of Europe show a 25%-40% drop in STEMI presentations and admissions as compared with during the peak of pandemic. [8] [9] [10] In the USA, a comparable decrease in STEMI presentations is reported in different states irrespective of the state's burden of COVID-19. keywords: acute; admissions; avoidance; breath; cardiac; cardiology; care; complications; coronary; county; covid-19; covid-19 pandemic; crisis; current; delay; dependent; disease; elevation; emergencies; emergency; era; factors; fear; figure; healthcare; heart; hospital; increase; infarction; late; left; management; medical; myocardial; myocardial infarction; normal; pandemic; patient; period; ppci; presentation; pressure; public; rare; rate; review; segment; shortness; stemi; support; symptoms; system; time; timely; ventricular cache: cord-300183-z3fwtwqb.txt plain text: cord-300183-z3fwtwqb.txt item: #22 of 38 id: cord-309236-p4c2d5y3 author: Khurram, Ruhaid title: Spontaneous tension pneumothorax and acute pulmonary emboli in a patient with COVID-19 infection date: 2020-08-11 words: 2414 flesch: 35 summary: World health organisation coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Dashboard Tension pneumothorax in a patient with COVID-19 Spontaneous pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema in COVID-19 patient: case report Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 COVID-19 with spontaneous pneumomediastinum SARS-CoV-2 pulmonary infection revealed by subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum COVID-19 with cystic features on computed tomography: a case report Acute pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 related hypercoagulability Severe pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients: a call for increased awareness Acute pulmonary embolism associated with COVID-19 pneumonia detected by pulmonary CT angiography Abnormal coagulation parameters are associated with poor prognosis in patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia Diagnostic performance of CT and reverse transcriptasepolymerase chain reaction for coronavirus disease 2019: Routine blood test results on admission were as follows: haemoglobin: 129 g/L; white cell count: 11.2×10 9 /L; platelets: 538×10 9 /L; neutrophils: Following initial management for the tension pneumothorax, a repeat chest radiograph demonstrated lung re-expansion with a small residual pneumothorax, but with no mediastinal shift; peripheral ground glass airspace opacities were accentuated, in keeping with COVID-19 infection (figure 2). keywords: acute; assessment; breath; case; chest; coexisting; coronavirus; covid-19; day; department; disease; drain; emboli; emergency; emphysema; examination; features; findings; high; history; iatrogenic; infection; left; lung; man; min; non; oxygen; pandemic; pathologies; patient; pneumatocoele; pneumonia; pneumothorax; pulmonary; radiograph; rate; respiratory; right; sided; significant; spontaneous; tension; treatment cache: cord-309236-p4c2d5y3.txt plain text: cord-309236-p4c2d5y3.txt item: #23 of 38 id: cord-311232-hhfdqhx1 author: Yang, Yunfei title: Bilateral, vertical supranuclear gaze palsy following unilateral midbrain infarct date: 2020-11-04 words: 3098 flesch: 35 summary: The acute onset of vertical diplopia was suggestive of an ischaemic event; however, the cause for the acute onset of bilateral vertical gaze palsy was not obvious. Unilateral infarction precipitating bilateral vertical gaze palsy are rare and earliest case reports focused on thalamic involvement, with the earliest case 3 described as that of a patient with midbrain and thalamic involvement. keywords: acute; amyloid; angiopathy; anticoagulation; artery; atrial; bilateral; branch; case; cerebral; cohort; covid-19; disease; downward; endocarditis; evidence; eye; factors; fibrillation; gaze; haemorrhage; half; history; inc; infarction; infective; involvement; ischaemic; lesion; long; midbrain; movements; nucleus; occlusion; onset; palsy; paramedian; patient; prevalence; reported; retinal; rimlf; risk; rostral; sars; secondary; stroke; study; supranuclear; syndrome; term; thalamic; upward; use; vertical cache: cord-311232-hhfdqhx1.txt plain text: cord-311232-hhfdqhx1.txt item: #24 of 38 id: cord-315288-fcx4q6mp author: Hussain, Mohammed Hassan title: Tracheal swab from front of neck airway for SARS-CoV-2; a bronchial foreign body date: 2020-08-27 words: 1570 flesch: 57 summary: The National Tracheostomy Safety Project's statement on considerations for trachestomy reiterates that tracheal aspirates are preferable to mucosal swabs but does not outline when tracheal aspirates should be taken. ► Mucosal tracheal swab through a tracheostomy tube carries an increased risk and appropriately designed sampling devices, which among else would be radiopaque, should be used. keywords: airway; bmj; body; case; clear; clinical; cov-2; covid-19; disease; flexible; foreign; guidance; laryngectomy; neck; patients; potential; right; risk; sars; signs; site; swab; tracheal; tracheostomy; use cache: cord-315288-fcx4q6mp.txt plain text: cord-315288-fcx4q6mp.txt item: #25 of 38 id: cord-327370-zo0n8wf6 author: Vadukul, Prakash title: Massive pulmonary embolism following recovery from COVID-19 infection: inflammation, thrombosis and the role of extended thromboprophylaxis date: 2020-09-13 words: 3120 flesch: 34 summary: COVID-19 infection: origin, transmission, and characteristics of human coronaviruses Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? Abnormal coagulation parameters are associated with poor prognosis in patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia Clinical predictors of mortality due to COVID-19 based on an analysis of data of 150 patients from Wuhan, China Facing COVID-19 in the ICU: vascular dysfunction, thrombosis, and dysregulated inflammation Blood coagulation in immunothrombosis-At the frontline of intravascular immunity Coagulation abnormalities and thrombosis in patients with COVID-19 Interleukin 6 and haemostasis Interleukin 6 regulates psoriasiform inflammationassociated thrombosis Interleukin-6 in COVID-19: a systematic review and metaanalysis SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: Is interleukin-6 (IL-6) the 'culprit lesion' of ARDS onset? key: cord-327370-zo0n8wf6 authors: Vadukul, Prakash; Sharma, Deepak S; Vincent, Paul title: Massive pulmonary embolism following recovery from COVID-19 infection: inflammation, thrombosis and the role of extended thromboprophylaxis date: 2020-09-13 journal: BMJ Case Rep DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238168 sha: doc_id: 327370 cord_uid: zo0n8wf6 COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by a recently discovered SARS-CoV-2. keywords: acute; admission; anticoagulation; blood; care; case; clinical; clotting; covid-19; critical; data; days; dimer; discharge; disease; embolism; extended; factors; failure; guidance; hospital; il-6; illness; infection; inflammatory; initial; intensive; lmwh; management; mechanical; mobility; mortality; obesity; patients; potential; presentation; pressure; prophylactic; protocol; pulmonary; recovery; reduced; requirement; respiratory; risk; sars; severe; state; therapy; thromboprophylaxis; thrombosis; time; treatment; use; ventilation; vte cache: cord-327370-zo0n8wf6.txt plain text: cord-327370-zo0n8wf6.txt item: #26 of 38 id: cord-331193-33cyvidx author: Mawhinney, Jamie A title: Neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2: COVID-19 presenting with an acute manic episode date: 2020-06-14 words: 2522 flesch: 45 summary: Investigations confirmed that he was positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Investigations confirmed that he was positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). keywords: abnormal; acute; admission; assay; available; behaviour; care; case; cerebrospinal; clinical; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; csf; day; disease; emergency; episode; features; fluid; history; infection; initial; intensive; mania; mental; negative; neurological; normal; patient; presentations; psychiatric; report; reported; respiratory; sars; sedation; severe; significant; syndrome; system; use; wife cache: cord-331193-33cyvidx.txt plain text: cord-331193-33cyvidx.txt item: #27 of 38 id: cord-331517-o5ejfq86 author: Hirayama, Takehisa title: Guillain-Barré syndrome after COVID-19 in Japan date: 2020-10-29 words: 2145 flesch: 42 summary: Approximately 40%-70% of GBS cases develop following infection, and autoantibodies against glycolipids (mainly ganglioside antibodies) are detected in over 50% of cases. Although the possibility of GBS associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection remains to be clarified, the number of GBS cases reported between March 2020 and April 2020 is greater than five times that reported in the last 3 years. keywords: acute; addition; antibodies; antiganglioside; barré; case; cov-2; covid-19; diagnosis; disease; examination; extremities; findings; gbs; gm1; guillain; infection; lower; negative; neurological; normal; numbness; patients; previous; reports; review; sars; symptoms; syndrome; tests; use; weakness cache: cord-331517-o5ejfq86.txt plain text: cord-331517-o5ejfq86.txt item: #28 of 38 id: cord-333227-849bm17h author: Grewal, Ekjot title: Angioedema, ACE inhibitor and COVID-19 date: 2020-09-09 words: 2574 flesch: 38 summary: key: cord-333227-849bm17h authors: Grewal, Ekjot; Sutarjono, Bayu; Mohammed, Ibbad title: Angioedema, ACE inhibitor and COVID-19 date: 2020-09-09 journal: BMJ Case Rep DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237888 sha: doc_id: 333227 cord_uid: 849bm17h SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, binds to the ACE2 receptors. While presently it is advised that patients should continue to use ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers, questions still remain as to whether adverse effects are potentiated by the virus. keywords: ace; ace2; acid; acute; angioedema; angiotensin; arg; associated; bradykinin; case; cell; clinical; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; department; des; elevated; emergency; high; history; infection; inhibitor; lingual; mechanism; medication; months; oral; pain; patients; plasma; possible; presentation; protein; reactive; receptor; report; sars; severe; submandibular; swelling; system; tissue; tongue; tranexamic; treatment; use cache: cord-333227-849bm17h.txt plain text: cord-333227-849bm17h.txt item: #29 of 38 id: cord-333998-z2zahfv9 author: Taxbro, Knut title: Rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury in severe COVID-19 infection date: 2020-09-02 words: 2027 flesch: 44 summary: Further research designed to better understand the pathophysiological mechanisms behind COVID-19 related rhabdomyolysis would be of great value. The patient survived and was discharged from intensive care after 12 days, returning home 23 days after hospitalisation, fully mobilised with a partially restored kidney function. keywords: acute; admission; aki; care; covid-19; days; discharge; disease; failure; function; hand; hospital; icu; infection; injury; intensive; intubation; kidney; levels; mechanisms; myoglobin; myositis; patient; possible; renal; respiratory; rhabdomyolysis; sars; setting; severe; signs; time; treatment; troponin; ventilation cache: cord-333998-z2zahfv9.txt plain text: cord-333998-z2zahfv9.txt item: #30 of 38 id: cord-337809-bxvgr6qg author: Xiong, Yong title: Family cluster of three recovered cases of pneumonia due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection date: 2020-05-04 words: 1742 flesch: 48 summary: Our observations suggest the importance of preventing family transmission and the efficacy of current integrated treatment for mild/moderate pneumonia in COVID-19 cases. Our observations suggest the importance of preventing family transmission and the efficacy of current integrated treatment for mild/ moderate pneumonia in COVID-19 cases. keywords: acute; admission; cases; china; clinical; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; days; disease; family; father; human; infection; mother; novel; patients; pneumonia; respiratory; sars; son; transmission; treatment; weeks; wuhan cache: cord-337809-bxvgr6qg.txt plain text: cord-337809-bxvgr6qg.txt item: #31 of 38 id: cord-337878-hiylqqie author: Namasivayam, Abirami title: Atypical case of COVID-19 in a critically unwell 5-week old infant date: 2020-09-14 words: 2525 flesch: 44 summary: Similarly, the distinguishing biochemical abnormalities associated with COVID-19 positive patients, specifically leucopenia 9 and significantly elevated CRP, 10 were not observed in our case. This case demonstrates the need for vigilance in considering COVID-19 infection in infants presenting with less discriminatory symptoms such as lethargy or reduced feeding. keywords: airway; care; case; chest; children; china; clinical; confirmed; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; day; disease; distress; evidence; guidance; heart; hours; infants; infection; intubation; lethargy; management; neonatal; normal; old; paediatric; patient; positive; presentation; rate; report; respiratory; risk; support; time; transmission; unit; use; ventilation; years cache: cord-337878-hiylqqie.txt plain text: cord-337878-hiylqqie.txt item: #32 of 38 id: cord-338689-4u1ezk64 author: Ata, Fateen title: COVID-19 presenting with diarrhoea and hyponatraemia date: 2020-06-07 words: 1409 flesch: 48 summary: 4 Gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhoea, abdominal pain and vomiting have been previously seen with acute viral respiratory infections and reported recently as rare manifestations of COVID-19. Our patient had acute hyponatraemia, abdominal pain and diarrhoea with minimal Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study The species severe acute respiratory syndromerelated coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2 WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 -11 Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China Clinical and virological factors associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with acute respiratory infection: a two-year prospective study in general practice medicine Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome COVID-19: gastrointestinal manifestations and potential fecaloral transmission Legionnaires' disease Hyponatraemia and the inappropriate ADH syndrome in pneumonia COVID-19 pathophysiology: a review T cell-mediated immune response to respiratory coronaviruses Angiotensin converting enzyme-2 confers endothelial protection and attenuates atherosclerosis The digestive system is a potential route of 2019-nCov infection: a bioinformatics analysis based on single-cell transcriptomes The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank Competing interests None declared. keywords: abdominal; acute; atypical; clinical; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; day; diarrhoea; disease; gastrointestinal; high; hyponatraemia; infection; negative; novel; pain; patient; pcr; pneumonia; positive; present; respiratory; sars; severe; symptoms; syndrome; viral cache: cord-338689-4u1ezk64.txt plain text: cord-338689-4u1ezk64.txt item: #33 of 38 id: cord-341246-fz66z2p2 author: Bhattacharyya, Pranab J title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in early term pregnancy: a rare cardiac complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection date: 2020-09-28 words: 1303 flesch: 40 summary: 3 Pregnant women may be at greater risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection as the virus enters the cell via the ACE 2 receptor, which is upregulated in normal pregnancy. Additional laboratory tests showed leucocytosis (20.48×10 9 /µL, normal 4.00-11.00), neutrophilia (85.8%, normal range 37-72), lymphopenia (9.2%, normal range 20-40), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (9, normal 1-3), raised levels of D-dimer (0.69 µg/mL, normal <0.05), lactate dehydrogenase (456 U/L, normal range 120-246), alkaline phosphatase (188 U/L, normal range 38-126) and globulin (3.5 g/dL, normal range 2.80-3.20), low levels of albumin (3.0 g/dL, normal range 3.50-5.00) and albumin/globulin ratio (0.90, normal 1.25-1.51) and normal levels of ferritin (116 ng/mL, normal range 11-306.8), total bilirubin (0.50 mg/dL, normal range 0.20-1.3), aspartate aminotransferase (37 U/L, normal 17-59) and alanine aminotransferase (28 U/L, normal range 4-50). keywords: artery; bmj; cardiac; cardiomyopathy; case; complication; coronary; covid-19; day; elevation; figure; infection; levels; management; normal; pcr; pjb; pregnancy; range; recovery; sars; takotsubo; ttc; use; ward; women cache: cord-341246-fz66z2p2.txt plain text: cord-341246-fz66z2p2.txt item: #34 of 38 id: cord-341919-8gnthufw author: Basi, Saajan title: Clinical course of a 66-year-old man with an acute ischaemic stroke in the setting of a COVID-19 infection date: 2020-08-23 words: 4197 flesch: 45 summary: As of April 2020, no comprehensive data of the relationship between ischaemic stroke and COVID-19 has been published, however early retrospective case series from three hospitals in Wuhan, China have indicated that up to 36% of COVID-19 patients had neurological manifestations, including stroke. 13 Other hypothesised reasons for stroke development in COVID-19 patients are the development of hypercoagulability, as a result of critical illness or new onset of arrhythmias, caused by severe infection. keywords: acute; admission; april; blood; care; case; cerebral; chest; china; clinical; coronavirus; covid-19; days; development; disease; early; figure; following; hospital; illness; infarct; infection; intensive; ischaemic; ischaemic stroke; left; limb; lymphopaenia; medical; mortality; neurological; new; non; oxygen; palliative; pandemic; patient; pneumonia; positive; prior; ray; respiratory; right; risk; sars; severe; sided; stroke; studies; swab; symptoms; team; throat; treatment; upper; ward; weakness; wuhan cache: cord-341919-8gnthufw.txt plain text: cord-341919-8gnthufw.txt item: #35 of 38 id: cord-341948-9w8od50e author: Scott, Michael title: Rare encounter: hydrocoele of canal of Nuck in a Scottish rural hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic date: 2020-08-11 words: 2747 flesch: 40 summary: 1 5 15 16 The most frequent sign of Nuck hydrocoele is inguinolabial lump or swelling, rendering it clinically indistinguishable from inguinal hernia. When encysted, or associated with infection or endometriosis, the swelling is severely painful and incarcerated inguinal hernia will be the primary differential diagnosis. keywords: acute; anaesthesia; approach; bowel; canal; case; clinical; covid-19; cyst; cystic; diagnosis; discharge; female; findings; fluid; general; hernia; hospital; hydrocoele; incidence; indirect; inguinal; left; management; mass; nil; nuck; old; pain; pandemic; patient; presence; processus; profile; rare; reducible; region; report; risk; rural; signs; small; surgery; surgical; swelling; symptoms; vaginalis cache: cord-341948-9w8od50e.txt plain text: cord-341948-9w8od50e.txt item: #36 of 38 id: cord-346246-2phtdgh4 author: Mattar, Shaikh Abdul Matin title: Subacute thyroiditis associated with COVID-19 date: 2020-08-25 words: 2252 flesch: 42 summary: 6 7 Given prior described literature by Ohsako et al on genetic aspects of subacute thyroiditis and certain human leucocyte antigens that predispose to subacute thyroiditis in a Japanese study, 8 our case further sheds light onto possible research directions into gender, ethnic and therefore genetic predilection of viral subacute thyroiditis in the different populations demonstrated in reports so far. key: cord-346246-2phtdgh4 authors: Mattar, Shaikh Abdul Matin; Koh, Samuel Ji Quan; Rama Chandran, Suresh; Cherng, Benjamin Pei Zhi title: Subacute thyroiditis associated with COVID-19 date: 2020-08-25 journal: BMJ Case Rep DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237336 sha: doc_id: 346246 cord_uid: 2phtdgh4 We report a case of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 who developed subacute thyroiditis in association with SARS-COV-2 infection. keywords: admission; anterior; case; clinical; covid-19; day; diagnosis; differential; disease; elevated; evidence; examination; function; gland; history; human; hyperthyroidism; illness; importance; infection; key; level; neck; new; normal; pain; palpable; patient; progression; report; respiratory; sars; subacute; symptoms; tachycardia; tests; thyroiditis; tract; treatment; upper; viral; virus cache: cord-346246-2phtdgh4.txt plain text: cord-346246-2phtdgh4.txt item: #37 of 38 id: cord-346345-jc9bq0zu author: Smith, Colin M title: COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder date: 2020-08-11 words: 2612 flesch: 34 summary: Although studies investigating the treatment of COVID-19 psychosis have not been undertaken, treatment of secondary psychosis should be geared towards treating the underlying illness while managing psychotic symptoms with antipsychotics and benzodiazepines at the lowest possible dose. Further, one patient had a comorbid panic disorder, which may lead to heightened vulnerability to psychotic illness, and another was experiencing homelessness and was on 120 mg of methadone for opioid use disorder, again confounding the diagnosis of COVID-19 psychosis. keywords: acute; antipsychotics; brief; case; clinical; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; delusions; diagnosis; disorder; family; history; illness; individuals; infection; mental; mood; need; neuropsychiatric; new; onset; pandemic; patients; persecutory; personal; psychiatric; psychosis; psychotic; recent; resolution; respiratory; review; sars; series; severe; severity; symptomatic; symptoms; syndrome; treatment; use cache: cord-346345-jc9bq0zu.txt plain text: cord-346345-jc9bq0zu.txt item: #38 of 38 id: cord-355146-6rat5j64 author: Whittemore, Paul title: Use of awake proning to avoid invasive ventilation in a patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonitis date: 2020-08-03 words: 1335 flesch: 46 summary: In a recent pilot of awake proning in patients with COVID-19 at one New York emergency department, the median SpO 2 improved from 84% to 94%. Once the pandemic has abated, there may be a role for awake proning in patients with other respiratory illness/infection who are proving difficult to oxygenate in the more conventional supine position, though further studies are required to validate it as an effective treatment. keywords: awake; covid-19; day; extensive; flow; glass; ground; invasive; low; need; non; old; oxygen; pandemic; patients; proning; pulmonary; recovery; study; unit; use; ventilation; year cache: cord-355146-6rat5j64.txt plain text: cord-355146-6rat5j64.txt