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cord-328786-gkd9xcxa	Mohammad, Laila Malani	Necessity of brain imaging in COVID-19 infected patients presenting with acute neurological deficits	2020-08-13		.txt	text/plain	1080	74	42	BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing cardiopulmonary stabilization in the intensive care unit for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are often sedated, placing timely assessment of a neurological decline at risk. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we present two cases of COVID-19 infected young patients transferred to our facility in a cardio-pulmonary crisis, with a poor neurological exam. CONCLUSIONS: These cases highlight the importance of early head imaging in COVID-19 patients with a poor neurological exam. 1 It is, therefore, important to obtain brain imaging in patients with a depressed neurological exam, so that those requiring invasive interventions can be identified early. Here we present two contrasting cases of COVID-19 infected patients, both of whom were found to have ischemic strokes, but only one undergwent timely neurosurgical intervention. 9 Although the pulmonary system remains a primary focus of COVID-19 related morbidity, our cases demonstrate that these patients can develop severe neurological sequalae, which should alert the medical team to obtain early brain imaging.	./cache/cord-328786-gkd9xcxa.txt	./txt/cord-328786-gkd9xcxa.txt