Frequency of Neurologic Manifestations in COVID-19
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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- Received May 5, 2021
- Accepted in final form September 30, 2021
- First Published October 11, 2021.
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Author Disclosures
- Shubham Misra, MTech,
- Kavitha Kolappa, MD,
- Manya Prasad, MD,
- Divya Radhakrishnan, DM,
- Kiran T. Thakur, MD,
- Tom Solomon, FRCP,
- Benedict Daniel Michael, PhD,
- Andrea Sylvia Winkler, PhD,
- Ettore Beghi, MD,
- Alla Guekht, MD,
- Carlos A. Pardo, MD,
- Greta Karen Wood, MRes,
- Sherry Hsiang-Yi Chou, MD,
- Ericka L. Fink, MD,
- Erich Schmutzhard, MD,
- Amir Kheradmand, MD,
- Fan Kee Hoo, MD,
- Amit Kumar, PhD,
- Animesh Das, DM,
- Achal K. Srivastava, DM,
- Ayush Agarwal, DM,
- Tarun Dua, MD and
- Kameshwar Prasad, DM
- Shubham Misra, MTech,
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(1) DST-INSPIRE Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
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- Kavitha Kolappa, MD,
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I am a consultant full-time for the World Health Organization Brain Health Unit (January 2020 until present).
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- Manya Prasad, MD,
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- Divya Radhakrishnan, DM,
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Assistant Editor, Annals of Movement Disorders (AOMD) 2021
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- Kiran T. Thakur, MD,
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World Health Organization
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NICHD/NIH 1R01HD074944-01, NINDS K23 NS105935-01, Center for Disease Control and Prevention Funding, Center for Disease Control and Prevention Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Program Consultant
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- Tom Solomon, FRCP,
(1) Data safety monitoring board: Study of Ebola vaccine ChAd3-EBO-Z - Commercial entity. (2) TS was Chair of the Siemens Healthineers Clinical Advisory Board (3) TS was Chair of the Siemens Diagnostics Clinical Advisory Board (4) TS is a panel member of the MHRA Covid-19 Vaccine Benefit Risk Expert Working Group
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(1) World Congress of Neurology, travel expenses (2) South East Asia Encephalitis project, travel expenses (3) European Commission, travel expenses (4) WHO, Travel expenses
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Test for bacterial meningitis based on a blood test, filed for patent (No. GB 1606537.7 14th April 2016). Patent Pending.
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(1) NIHR HPRU Chief Investigator 2014-2018 (1) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (Grant No. NIHR200907) (2) NIHR Global Health Research Group on Brain Infections (No. 17/63/110) (3) The UK Medical Research CouncilÂs Global Effort on COVID-19 Programme (MR/V033441/1) (4) COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study (COVID-CNS, MR/V03605X/1) Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials: (1) Commercial entity, TS holds shares in Medefer Solutions
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- Benedict Daniel Michael, PhD,
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BDM is supported to conduct COVID-19 neuroscience research by the UKRI/MRC (MR/V03605X/1); for additional neurological inflammation research due to viral infection BDM is also supported by grants from the MRC/UKRI (MR/V007181//1), MRC (MR/T028750/1) and Wellcome (ISSF201902/3).
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- Andrea Sylvia Winkler, PhD,
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Swiss Network for International Studies
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Supported by the School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Grant Number H.40001.1.7-08
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- Ettore Beghi, MD,
UCB-Pharma for the preparation of a white paper on epilepsy
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Travel to epilepsy meeting funded by UCB-Pharma in June 2017 Received refund for travel expenses and/or honoraria for lectures or educational activities not funded by industry
Epilepsia Open, Associate Editor, present Neuroepidemiology, member of the Editorial Board, present Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, member of the Editorial Board Clinical Neurology & Neurosurgery, member of the Editorial Board
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Sanofi-Aventis, speaker at a Satellite Symposium, 2009
Arvelle theraputics, scientific assessment of Cenobamate
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UCB-Pharma, PI in observational study, current SHIRE, preparation of scientific manuscript on Delphi Panel
Italian Ministry of Health, research projects in epilepsy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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American ALS Association
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- Alla Guekht, MD,
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Neurological Sciences - associate editor, currently
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Russian Science Foundation 21-75-20112 unrelated to the manuscript
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- Carlos A. Pardo, MD,
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NIH 1R01HL130649-01 Role: Co-Investigator 2015-2019 R01 NS110122-01A1 Role: Principal Investigator, 2019-2024 U01CA230691, Role: Co-Investigator, 2018-2023 NIH/NCI R01CA230285, Role: Co-Investigator, 2019-2024
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Bart McLean Fund for Neuroimmunology Research-Project Restore Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association
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- Greta Karen Wood, MRes,
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- Sherry Hsiang-Yi Chou, MD,
(1) served as DSBM board member for Fostering Eating After Stroke With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (FEASt) trial (NCT01919112) Funded by the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). (2) Scientific Advisory Board: CSL Behring Biotherapies
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(1) American Academy of Neurology - Speaker honoraria (2) Neurology Today - Speaker Honoraria
(1)Stroke - Editorial Board Member (starting 2020) (2) Translational Stroke Research - Editorial board member (2 years) (3) CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics - Editorial Board member (2 years) (4) Neurocritical Care ON CALL - editorial board member (1 year)
co-inventor for the patent ÂMITOCHONDRIAL BIOMARKERS OF, AND THERAPEUTICS AQ15 FOR, CNS INJURY AND DISEASEÂ filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office as Application 62/3817.
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(1) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) through Grant Number(s) UL1 TR001857 (University of Pittsburgh/Chou) (2) National Institute of Health (R21NS113037, Chou)
University of Pittsburgh DeanÂs Faculty Advancement Award
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- Ericka L. Fink, MD,
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Grant from the National Institutes of Health to my institution, non-profit Grant from the Neurocritical Care Society to my institution, non-profit
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NIH (NINDS) R01 NS096714 Jun 2016-2021 ÂDevelopment of Serum and Imaging Biomarker-Driven Models to Direct Clinical Direct: $1,968,062 Management after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Indirect: $662,885 Role: Primary Investigator Effort: 18% Clinicaltrials.org NCT02769026 NIH (NICHD) U10HD049983 Dec 2016-Nov 2020 Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) Effort: 10% Role: CHP-UPMC site Alternate Principal Investigator PI on CPCCRN-Funded Project: PICU Core Outcomes Set $85,821 NIH (NHLBI) 1R01HL141429 Apr 2018-Feb 2022 ÂUnderstanding and preventing adverse safety events in pediatric Direct: $18,685 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests Indirect: $10,544 Role: Co-Investigator Effort: 2% PI: Jeanne-Marie Guise, MD (Oregon Health & Science University) NIH (NICHD) 1R01HD095894 Sep 2018  Aug 2020 ÂOptimizing Chest Compression During Infant and Child Direct: $23,795 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Indirect: $13,444 Role: Co-Investigator Effort: 5% PI: James Menegazzi, MD NIH (NIHCD) 1K01HD097030-01A1 Sep 2019  Aug 2024 ÂEpigenetic influences on neurobehavioral recovery following $119,125 pediatric traumatic brain injury Role: Mentor PI: Amery Treble-Barna
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Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, Lloyd Reback Family Gift Committee Feb 2019-Jan 2021 ÂInnovative brain connectivity imaging and long-term child outcomes following Direct $20,000 cardiac arrest Role: Primary Investigator Neurocritical Care Society INCLINE grant to my institution for research; primary investigator
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- Erich Schmutzhard, MD,
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UCB and ZOLL Medical: speaker honoraria
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- Amir Kheradmand, MD,
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Frontiers in Neurology Audiology Research
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Agency: NIDCD K23DC013552 (PI) R01DC018815 (PI)
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- Fan Kee Hoo, MD,
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- Amit Kumar, PhD,
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- Kameshwar Prasad, DM
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BMJ, Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board, 2016 - continued
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1. Fundamentals of Evidence-Based Medicine, Springer India, 2014
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1 Fever, hyperglycemia, swallowing and hypertension management in acute stroke: A cluster randomized controlled trial (Indian Quality Improvement in Stroke Care Study) under ÂIndian Stroke Research Network Grant No: SWG/neuro / 35/ 2017-NCD-I Start Date: 16/08/2018 End Date: 15/02/2021, Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India. Role: Principal Investigator 2 Identification of brain imaging quantitative traits loci for cerebral small vessel disease among AIIMS cohort participants using genome-wide association study Grant No: R.11012/15/2018-HR Start Date: 15/08/2018 End Date: 14/08/2021, Funding Agency: Department of Health Research Government of India, Role: Principal Investigator 3 A population-based prospective cohort study to unravel the causes of stroke and cognitive decline: A cross-cultural perspective, Grant No: BT/IN/Netherlands/03/KP/2012 dated 14th February 2014, Start Date: 14/02/2014, End Date: 13/02/2022, Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Role: Principal Investigator 4 Next-generation gene sequencing to determine the association between certain functional exonic variations and young-onset Ischemic stroke, Grant No: BMS/ADHOC/GEN/2014-3475/JUL/15/8/DL/GOVT, Start Date: 01/03/2017, End Date: 30/11/2020, Funding Agency: Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India, Role: Principal Investigator 5 Biomarkers to enhance the accuracy and precision of prediction of short-term and long-term outcome after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective cohort study, Grant No: BT/01/COE/06/02/09-ii, Start Date: 05/09/2014, End Date: 31/05/2020, Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Role: Principal Investigator 6 Identification of Genetic risk factors of stroke in Indian population: Candidate gene approach, Grant No: BT/01/COE/06/02/09-ii, Start Date: 05/09/2014, End Date: 04/09/2019, Funding Agency: Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, Role: Principal Investigator 7. Towards a sustainable resource in stroke genetics from the four corners of India: the 4i study. Grant No: IND/CONT/E/11-12/206. Start Date: 12 March, 2012, End Date 14 December, 2014
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.M., D.R., A.K., A.D., A.K.S., A.A.), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; Brain Health Unit (K.K., T.D.), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Research and Epidemiology (M.P.), Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India; Columbia University Irving Medical Center–New York Presbyterian Hospital (K.T.T.), NY; Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences (T.S., B.D.M., G.K.W.), University of Liverpool; Department of Neurology (T.S., B.D.M.), Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infection (B.D.M.), Liverpool, UK; Center for Global Health (A.S.W.), Department of Neurology, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Centre for Global Health (A.S.W.), Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway; Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS (E.B.), Milan, Italy; Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry and Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (A.G.), Russia; Departments of Neurology and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (S.H.-Y.C.); Department of Critical Care Medicine (E.L.F.), UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Neurology (E.S.), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria; Departments of Neurology and Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery (A.K.), The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurology (F.K.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan; and Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (K.P.), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
- Correspondence
Dr. Prasad drkameshwarprasad{at}gmail.com
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