Clinical correlations delirium and other comorbid in elderly with COVID-19 infection
Bioscientia Medicina
; 5(10):949-952, 2021.
Article
in English
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1836513
ABSTRACT
Background:
Delirium is a common condition in geriatric patients. One of the trigger factors for this condition is an infection, such as COVID-19 infection. Elderly with COVID-19 show atypical symptoms such as delirium. Elderly patients with COVID-19 who present with delirium, either as a primary symptom or showing symptoms or signs, have a poor prognosis. This study were aimed to presents covid-19 elderly patient with comorbid delirium. Case presentation A 77-year-old woman with disorientation for one day came to Emergency Department with her family. She had no history of headaches, blurred vision, or seizures. However, she had a fever, did not want to eat for three days, and had a purulent decubitus ulcer. The patient was diagnosed with acute delirium syndrome, confirmed COVID-19 with sepsis, malnutrition, hypercoagulation, grade III decubitus ulcer, suspected dementia, immobilization, total dependence. The patient admitted to the isolation ward. The patient had meropenem 500 mg every 12 hours, anticoagulants and favipiravir according to the dose and parenteral nutrition.
259793-96-9; 119478-56-7; 96036-03-2; acute course; anticoagulants; appetite disorders; case reports; clinical aspects; comorbidity; coronavirus disease 2019; dementia; drug therapy; elderly; favipiravir; fever; hospital admission; hospitals; human diseases; meropenem; parenteral feeding; patients; pus; symptoms; ulcers; viral diseases; carbapenems; beta-lactam antibiotics; antibiotics; severe course; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Indonesia; Sumatra; APEC countries; ASEAN Countries; high Human Development Index countries; lower-middle income countries; South East Asia; Asia; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; Sunda Islands; eating disorders; clinical picture; chemotherapy; aged; elderly people; older adults; senior citizens; pyrexia; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections
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Databases of international organizations
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GIM
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Bioscientia Medicina
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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