Prior cardiovascular risk and screening echocardiograms predict hospitalization and severity of coronavirus infection among elderly medicare patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionally impacted the elderly. In the United States and Europe the mortality rate of elderly patients with COVID-19 is greater than 30%. Our aim is to determine predictors of COVID-19 related hospitalization and severity of disease among elderly Medicare patients in the United States.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study including elderly Medicare COVID-19 patients across eight states. We collected data from the inpatient and outpatient electronic health record, demographic, clinical and echocardiographic predictors. Our primary outcomes were hospitalization and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Our secondary outcome was mortality.

Results

We identified 400 COVID-19 positive patients (incidence 5.2;

SUBMITTER: Ghany R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528840 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature