Clinical features and prognosis of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 infections in persons with spinal cord injury: a review of current literature

This review summarizes the clinical features and prognosis of persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) infected with COVID-19, based on published articles. The study found that fever was the most frequently observed symptom, and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) and lymphocytopenia were common abnormal laboratory findings in SCI patients with COVID-19. Many authors reported that diagnosis of COVID-19 in their SCI persons was delayed as initial fever was attributed to either UTI or sepsis.

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  Fever was the most frequently observed symptom of COVID-19 infection in the SCI population.
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  C-reactive protein (CRP) and lymphocytopenia were common abnormal laboratory parameters.
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  The most common radiological finding in COVID-19 infection was ground glass opacities in lung fields.