Neuro Effects of COVID-19 Melatonin and Children with Postconcussive Symptoms Pediatric, Sports-Related Concussion Acute Migraine in Children and Adolescents Emily Montgomery, MD and Kelsey Riggs, MS3 Neurologic Manifestations of COVID-19 Take-home point: COVID-19 has a variety of presentations that include neurologic manifestations—most commonly, headaches. Citation: Niazkar HR, Zibaee B, Nasimi A, Bahri N. The neurological manifestations of COVID-19: a review article. Neurol Sci. 2020 Jul;41(7):1667-1671. Relevance: More than 1/3 of patients with COVID-19 experience neurologic …
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Long-term survival following pneumococcal pneumonia Key point: Pneumococcal pneumonia foretold considerably higher 10-year mortality than the expected rate. Citation: Sandvall B, Rueda AM, Musher DM. Long-term sur- vival following pneumococcal pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;56(8):1145-1146. Before antibiotics, pneumonia was called “the old man’s friend” for carrying the old and infirm to a swift and relatively painless death. Now that short-term survival after pneumonia is the rule, does the disease provide any long-term prognostic information? Veterans …
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