AUTHOR=Savarraj Jude P. J. , Burkett Angela B. , Hinds Sarah N. , Paz Atzhiry S. , Assing Andres , Juneja Shivanki , Colpo Gabriela D. , Torres Luis F. , Cho Sung-Min , Gusdon Aaron M. , McCullough Louise D. , Choi H. Alex TITLE=Pain and Other Neurological Symptoms Are Present at 3 Months After Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pain Research VOLUME=2 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pain-research/articles/10.3389/fpain.2021.737961 DOI=10.3389/fpain.2021.737961 ISSN=2673-561X ABSTRACT=

COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic with a devastating impact on public health. Acute neurological symptoms have been reported after a COVID-19 diagnosis, however, the long-term neurological symptoms including pain is not well established. Using a prospective registry of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, we assessed pain and neurological function (including functional, cognitive and psychiatric assessments) of several hospitalized patients at 3 months. Our main finding is that 60% of the patients report pain symptoms. 71% of the patients still experienced neurological symptoms at 3 months and the most common symptoms being fatigue (42%) and PTSD (25%). Cognitive symptoms were found in 12%. Our preliminary findings suggests the importance of investigating long-term outcomes and rationalizes the need for further studies investigating the neurologic outcomes and symptoms of pain after COVID-19.