作者
Robert De Smet, Bea Mellaerts, Hannelore Vandewinckele, Peter Lybeert, Eric Frans, Sara Ombelet, Wim Lemahieu, Rolf Symons, Erwin Ho, Johan Frans, Annick Smismans, Michaël R Laurent
发表日期
2020/7/1
期刊
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
卷号
21
期号
7
页码范围
928-932. e1
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Objectives
To determine the association between frailty and short-term mortality in older adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Design
Retrospective single-center observational study.
Setting and participants
Eighty-one patients with COVID-19 confirmed by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), at the Geriatrics department of a general hospital in Belgium.
Measurements
Frailty was graded according to the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS). Demographic, biochemical, and radiologic variables, comorbidities, symptoms, and treatment were extracted from electronic medical records.
Results
Participants (N = 48 women, 59%) had a median age of 85 years (range 65-97 years) and a median CFS score of 7 (range 2-9); 42 (52%) were long-term care residents. Within 6 weeks, 18 patients died. Mortality was significantly but weakly associated with age (Spearman r = 0.241, P …
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