[Mortality and associated prognostic factors in elderly and very elderly hospitalized patients with respiratory disease COVID-19].

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Elderly patients with COVID-19 has a worse clinical evolution, being more susceptible to develop serious manifestations. The differences between the elderly and very elderly population, mortality and associated prognostic factors of SARS-CoV-2 infection have not been enough studied yet.

Methods

An observational study of 416 elderly patients admitted consecutively to Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real for COVID-19 respiratory infection from March 1st to April 30th, 2020. Data were collected including patient demographic information, medical history, clinical characteristics, laboratory data, therapeutic interventions and clinical outcomes during the hospitalization and after discharge, until June 15, 2020 with the aim of analyzing mortality, and associ

SUBMITTER: Aguila-Gordo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7656995 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature