COVID-19 disease trajectories among nursing home residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Older adults are at greater risk of both infection with and mortality from COVID-19. Many U.S. nursing homes have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet little has been described regarding the typical disease course in this population. The objective of this study is to describe and identify patterns in the disease course of nursing home residents infected with COVID-19.

Setting and methods

This is a case series of 74 residents with COVID-19 infection in a nursing home in central Indiana between March 28 and June 17, 2020. Data were extracted from the electronic medical record and from nursing home medical director tracking notes from the time of the index infection through August 31, 2020. The clinical authorship team reviewed the data to identify pattern

SUBMITTER: Carnahan JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242389 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature