The distribution of acquired peripheral nerve injuries associated with severe COVID-19 implicate a mechanism of entrapment neuropathy: a multicenter case series and clinical feasibility study of a wearable, wireless pressure sensor

• DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-01089-1
• Publication Date: 2022-10-08T19:04:53Z
• Authors: Colin K. Franz; Nikhil K. Murthy; George R. Malik; Jean W. Kwak; Dom D’Andrea; Alexis R. Wolfe; Ellen Farr; Melanie A. Stearns; Swati Deshmukh; Jinny O. Tavee; Fang Sun; Kevin N. Swong; Leslie Rydberg; R. James Cotton; Lisa F. Wolfe; James M. Walter; John M. Coleman; John A. Rogers
• Keywords: Peripheral Nervous System

Abstract We diagnosed 66 peripheral nerve injuries in 34 patients who survived severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). combine this new data with published case series re-analyzed here (117 injuries; 58 patients) to provide a comprehensive accounting of lesion sites. The most common are ulnar (25.1%), fibular (15.8%), sciatic (13.1%), median (9.8%), brachial plexus (8.7%) and radial (8.2%) nerves at sites known be vulnerable mechanical loading. Protection should prioritized the care COVID-19 patients. To end, we report proof concept feasibility for wearable, wireless pressure sensor real time monitoring intensive unit setting.