Atypical presentation of COVID-19 in a frail older person.
Age Ageing
; 49(4): 523-524, 2020 07 01.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-116314
ABSTRACT
Common symptoms of pandemic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) include fever and cough. We describe a 94-year-old man with well-controlled schizoaffective disorder, who presented with non-specific and atypical symptoms delirium, low-grade pyrexia and abdominal pain. He was given antibiotics for infection of unknown source, subsequently refined to treatment for community-acquired pneumonia. Despite active treatment, he deteriorated with oxygen desaturation and tachypnoea. A repeat chest X-ray showed widespread opacification. A postmortem throat swab identified COVID-19 infection. He was treated in three wards over 5 days with no infection control precautions. This has implications for the screening, assessment and isolation of frail older people to COVID-specific clinical facilities and highlights the potential for spread among healthcare professionals and other patients.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía Viral
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Anciano Frágil
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
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Delirio
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Betacoronavirus
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Fragilidad
Tipo de estudio:
Reporte de caso
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Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Tópicos:
Covid persistente
Límite:
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Age Ageing
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Ageing
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