[COVID-19-related acute encephalopathy: physiopathological hypothesis]
2021
Acute encephalopathy is one of the most frequent neurological complication in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Electrolyte imbalance, drugs, and hypoxemia can all affect brain homeostasis, leading to acute cognitive dysfunction and direct implications of the SARS-CoV-2 are not completely understood. Neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection are poorly understood: an inflammatory insult to the endothelium affecting the blood-brain barrier may explain the clinical presentation, but other hypotheses including direct viral damage or an immune-mediated reaction are also suggested. Among these various potential mechanisms, often combined, the controversy remains.
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