Severity of COVID-19 in hospitalized elderly at admission, delay in hospitalization, and death from COVID-19
Tehran University Medical Journal
; 79(9), 2021.
Article
in Persian
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1824225
ABSTRACT
Background:
Age is a strong risk factor for increasing the risk of severity and death from Covid-19. The risk of hospitalization for Covid-19 disease increases with age. Since the elderly constitute a large proportion of Covid-19 patients, the present study was performed to evaluate the severity of the disease in the hospitalized elderly due to Covid-19 and the delay in hospitalization and death resulting from it, for better disease management .
Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]; Health Services [UU350]; hospital stay; mortality; coronavirus disease 2019; hospital admission; human diseases; elderly; risk factors; disease course; viral diseases; symptoms; patients; retrospective studies; cohort studies; diagnosis; diagnostic techniques; dyspnoea; elderly patients; prognosis; reverse transcriptase PCR; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; man; Iran; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; high Human Development Index countries; lower-middle income countries; Middle East; West Asia; Asia; death rate; SARS-CoV-2; aged; elderly people; older adults; senior citizens; disease progression; viral infections; dyspnea; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; RT-PCR
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Databases of international organizations
Database:
CAB Abstracts
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
Persian
Journal:
Tehran University Medical Journal
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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