SARS-CoV-2 infection affects multiple organs owing to the ubiquitous distribution of its target
receptor ACE-2. 1 Increasing interest has been paid to the postacute phase of COVID-19 …

467 of breath, sore throat, and headache. In addition, patients may have also
gastrointestinal symptoms, with diarrhea and vomiting. Some patients may have taste and …

460 related to geriatrics was forgotten in the name of the battle against the coronavirus. Ubi
major minor cessat… Is this right? Is this the way things should go? Of course, not! The fact …

2020 will be remembered as the year that the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the
world [1]. It became rapidly evident that this virus was very likely to infect older persons and …

In conclusion, COVID-19 represents a major threat to older adults. This is particularly true in
older persons with frailty and co-morbidity. Other factors that appear to play a role in the …

The observation that nutritional status and functionality are deeply intertwined in older
persons holds especially true in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the key …

Abstract On March 13th, 2020, The World Health Organization effectively established that
Europe is the new the COVID-19 pandemic world epicenter, as cases in Italy and other …

The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an unprecedented challenge to healthcare systems
worldwide. Older adults, which frequently present multiple chronic comorbidities, are more …

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 …

«We are at war», said President Emmanuel Macron on 16th March 2020, about the health
crisis against COVID-19, then in full epidemic expansion in France. Nearly 600,000 people …