COVID-19 outcomes among patients with dementia and age-matched controls who were hospitalized in 21 US health-care systems.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 had devastating impacts worldwide. However, most research examining the impact of dementia on COVID-19 outcomes has been conducted in Europe and Asia and has not examined dementia subtypes.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of electronic health record data from 21 US health-care systems examined relationships of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and vascular dementia with in-hospital mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and hospital stay duration.

Results

All-cause dementia, but not AD or vascular dementia independently, was associated with increased mortality risk, the inclusion of discharge to hospice as a mortality equivalent increased risk for mortality for all-cause dementia, and AD and vascular dementia. Patients with

SUBMITTER: Johnson AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497724 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature