Clinical, biological and radiological features, 4-week outcomes and prognostic factors in COVID-19 elderly inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe clinical, biological, radiological presentation and W4 status in COVID-19 elderly patients.

Patients and methods

All patients ≥ 70 years with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalized in the Infectious Diseases department of the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital, Paris, France, from March 1st to April 15th 2020 were included. The primary outcome was death four weeks after hospital admission. Data on demographics, clinical features, laboratory tests, CT-scan findings, therapeutic management and complications were collected.

Results

All in all, 100 patients were analyzed, including 49 patients ≥ 80 years. Seventy percent had ≥2 comorbidities. Respiratory features were often severe as 48% needed oxygen support upon admission. Twenty-eight out of 43 p

SUBMITTER: Palich R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816947 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature