Hasrat, NH; Kadhum, HJ; Yakob, ZA; Hashim, AR; Farid, AF
(2023)
Myographic evidence of polymyositis and dermatomyositis in COVID-19 patients.
Advanced Neurology, 2 (2).
SGUL Authors: Farid, Hassan Ala Farid
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Abstract
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies, commonly known as myositis, are a diverse group of disorders defined clinically by persistent muscle weakness and reduced muscle endurance, as well as inflammatory cell infiltrates inside the muscle tissue. Myositis as a complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been described in an increasing number of reports. An analytical and cross-sectional study was undertaken in Basrah to analyze nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyographic (EMG) data in a COVID-19-affected patient. During the evaluation of 2240 patients, three cases of myositis were reported among the COVID-19 population, two of them with new clinical and EMG evidence of inflammatory myositis after the onset of COVID-19 infection, and one patient had a history of polymyositis before the COVID-19 pandemic, but a relapse was triggered by COVID-19, resulting in respiratory failure and death. The study found that the prevalence of myositis among the COVID-19 population was equal to 0.22%, which is 44 times higher than the prevalence of myositis (0.005%) worldwide before the onset of COVID-19 (P < 0.001).
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Copyright: © 2023 Author(s). This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: | Academic Structure > Institute of Medical, Biomedical and Allied Health Education (IMBE) |
Journal or Publication Title: | Advanced Neurology |
Article Number: | 378 |
Publisher License: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
URI: | https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/115428 |
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