COVID-19 and the elderly: insights into pathogenesis and clinical decision-making

F Perrotta, G Corbi, G Mazzeo, M Boccia… - Aging clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
The elderly may represent a specific cluster of high-risk patients for developing COVID-19
with rapidly progressive clinical deterioration. Indeed, in older individuals …

COVID-19 in older people: a rapid clinical review

FE Lithander, S Neumann, E Tenison, K Lloyd… - Age and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Introduction the COVID-19 pandemic poses a high risk to older people. The aim of this
article is to provide a rapid overview of the COVID-19 literature, with a specific focus on older …

[HTML][HTML] Why does COVID-19 disproportionately affect older people?

AL Mueller, MS McNamara, DA Sinclair - Aging (albany NY), 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The severity and outcome of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) largely depends on a
patient's age. Adults over 65 years of age represent 80% of hospitalizations and have a 23 …

COVID-19 and crosstalk with the hallmarks of aging

S Salimi, JM Hamlyn - The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Within the past several decades, the emergence of new viral diseases with severe health
complications and mortality is evidence of an age-dependent, compromised bodily response …

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in older adults: what we may expect regarding pathogenesis, immune responses, and outcomes

J Nikolich-Zugich, KS Knox, CT Rios, B Natt… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of the coronavirus infectious disease-19
(COVID-19), is taking the globe by storm, approaching 500,000 confirmed cases and over …

[HTML][HTML] How does SARS-CoV-2 targets the elderly patients? A review on potential mechanisms increasing disease severity

A Smorenberg, EJG Peters, PLA van Daele… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Importance: Among COVID-19 cases, especially the (frail) elderly show a high
number of severe infections, hospital admissions, complications, and death. The highest …

COVID-19 in older adults

A Nanda, NVRK Vura, S Gravenstein - Aging clinical and experimental …, 2020 - Springer
The advent of the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 pandemic has generated a lot of publications
at a rapid pace. We know that older adults disproportionately suffer the most severe of …

Retracted: COVID‐19 mortality and its predictors in the elderly: A systematic review

O Dadras, SA SeyedAlinaghi, A Karimi… - Health science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Older people have higher rates of comorbidities and may
experience more severe inflammatory responses; therefore, are at higher risk of death …

[HTML][HTML] Older adults and COVID-19 pandemic: Resilience matters

LK Chen - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a global public health
crisis that results in a great variety of challenges to the world, and the rapidly escalating case …

[HTML][HTML] Caring for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

V Prendki, G Tiseo, M Falcone - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Elderly patients represent a high-risk group with increased risk of death from
COVID-19. Despite the number of published studies, several unmet needs in care for older …