COVID-19 brain complications found across the globe

COVID-19引起的脑部并发症在全球范围内出现

上海译锐翻译     2020-7-9    11:11 a.m. 

Cases of brain complications linked to COVID-19 are occurring across the globe, a new review by University of Liverpool researchers has shown.

一项由利物浦大学研究人员所提出的新报告表示，与COVID-19有关的脑部并发症在全球范围内出现。

Published in The Lancet Neurology, the study found that strokes, delirium and other neurological complications are reported from most countries where there have been large outbreaks of the disease.

研究报告发表于《柳叶刀神经学》。报告发现，绝大多数COVID-19大规模爆发的国家都报告中风、神经失常以及其他神经并发症。

COVID-19 has been associated mostly with problems like difficulty breathing, fever and cough. However, as the pandemic has continued, it has become increasingly clear that other problems can occur in patients. These include confusion, stroke, inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, and other kinds of nerve disease.

绝大多数的COVID-19和呼吸困难、发烧以及咳嗽有关。但是，随着疫情的持续，患病者会出现其他症状也已经成为一个显而易见的事实。这些症状包括心慌、中风、脑炎和脊髓炎以及其他类型的神经疾病。

A recent Liverpool-led study of COVID-19 patients hospitalised in the UK found a range of neurological and psychiatric complications that may be linked to the disease.

一项最近由利物浦大学所领导的针对英国住院患者所展开的研究发现，一系列神经和精神疾病并发症可能与该疾病有关。

To get a sense of the wider picture, the researchers brought together and analysed findings from COVID-19 studies across the globe that reported on neurological complications. The review, which included studies from China, Italy and the USA among others, found almost 1000 patients with COVID-19-associated brain, spinal cord and nerve disease.

为了获得更广泛的了解，研究人员汇聚了全球范围内报告出现神经并发症的COVID-19病例并对结果进行了分析。报告包括了中国、意大利和美国等国的研究案例。研究发现，几乎有1000位患者患有与COVID-19有关的大脑、脊髓以及神经类疾病。

Research Fellow, Dr Suzannah Lant, who was working on the project, said: "Whilst these complications are relatively uncommon, the huge numbers of COVID-19 cases globally mean the overall number of patients with neurological problems is likely to be quite large."

从事这一项目的研究员，Suzannah Lant博士表示：“尽管这些并发症并不常见，但是由于全球的COVID-19病例非常庞大，所以这意味着患神经类疾病的患者总人数可能也相当庞大。”

One of the complications found to be linked to COVID-19 is encephalitis, which is inflammation and swelling of the brain.

其中一个被发现与COVID-19有关的并发症是脑炎，脑炎是指大脑发炎并肿胀。

Dr Ava Easton, CEO of the Encephalitis Society, and co-author on the paper said: "It is really important that doctors around the world recognise that COVID-19 can cause encephalitis and other brain problems, which often have potentially devastating, life-changing consequences for patients."

脑炎学会CEO Ava Easton博士，论文的共同作者表示：“世界各地的医生认识到COVID-19能够引发脑炎和其他脑部问题这一点非常重要，因为这些疾病通常可能会给患者造成毁灭性的以及改变一生的影响。”

Professor Tom Solomon, senior author on the paper and Director of the Global COVID-Neuro Network, added: "Although such patients are being seen everywhere the virus occurs, many of the reports are lacking in detail. We are currently pooling data from individual patients all around the world, so that we can get a more complete picture. "

Tom Solomon教授，论文资深作者以及全球COVID-神经网络主任补充表示：“尽管在任何病毒出现的地方都可以看到这类患者，但是许多报告都缺乏细节。我们目前正在将世界各地单个患者的数据汇聚起来，这样我们就可以获得一个更加完整的画面。”

来源：科学日报    编辑：质控部