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High levels of 2 blood-clotting proteins may portend post-COVID brain fog

High levels of two blood biomarkers during infection could predict cognitive dysfunction, or “brain fog,” among COVID-19 survivors 6 and 12 months after hospitalization, according to a UK study published yesterday in Nature Medicine.

Taquet, M., Skorniewska, Z., Hampshire, A. et al. Acute blood biomarker profiles predict cognitive deficits 6 and 12 months after COVID-19 hospitalization. Nat Med (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02525-y