New-Onset Catatonia and Delirium in a COVID-Positive Patient
| Autor: | Zeba Khavarian, Farzana Faruki, Charles Mormando, Gagan Kaur, Sayeda A Basith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Psychiatry
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) psychotropics business.industry Catatonia Viral encephalitis General Engineering ect Infectious Disease electroconvulsive Disease medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Mental health New onset delirium covid-19 medicine Delirium catatonia medicine.symptom business Coronavirus |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.18422 |
| Popis: | Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a strain of coronavirus family, which was initially found in China in late 2019 and subsequently spread to rest of the world. COVID-19 has led to physical and mental health complications since its onset. In addition to the pandemic-associated social stresses, biological complications include direct viral encephalitis, autoimmune-mediated responses, medication side effects, hypoxic brain injury, and delirium, which can collectively cause varied presentations of neuropsychiatric symptoms. Neuropsychiatric complications have been reported in the acute stages of COVID-19 and post-infection period. Here we report our experience treating a patient who initially presented with a severe depressive episode and subsequently developed catatonia and delirium following hospital-acquired COVID-19 infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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