Scope of treatment and clinical-decision making in the older patient with COVID-19 infection, a European perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Older patients were particularly vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease resulting in high in-hospital mortality rates during the two first waves. The aims of this study were to better characterize the management of older people presenting with COVID-19 in European hospitals and to identify national guidelines on hospital admission and ICU admission for this population.

Methods

Online survey based on a vignette of a frail older patient with Covid-19 distributed by e-mail to all members of the European Geriatric Medicine Society. The survey contained questions regarding the treatment of the vignette patient as well as general questions regarding available services. Additionally, questions on national policies and differences between the first and second wave of the pand

SUBMITTER: van Bruchem-Visser RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9735039 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature