Other critical illnesses as well as COVID can affect brain health --Danish study

Study finds similar brain effects after severe COVID, other critical illnesses Pornchai Soda / iStock CIDRAP

A study involving hospitalized adults today in JAMA Network Open finds that severe COVID-19 negatively affects brain health, but no more so than pneumonia, heart attack, or other critical illnesses.

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"Underlying factors such as cardiovascular disease, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypertension can cause subtle neurological abnormalities and may explain the similarity between patients with COVID-19 and controls," the study authors wrote.

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