Health trajectories in older patients hospitalized for COVID-19: Results from the GeroCovid multicenter study

C Trevisan, F Tonarelli, A Zucchelli, I Parrotta… - Respiratory …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background COVID-19 has disproportionately affected older adults. Yet, healthcare
trajectories experienced by older persons hospitalized for COVID-19 have not been …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of Cause-Specific mortality and loss of independence in older patients following hospitalization for COVID-19: the GeroCovid outcomes study

C Okoye, V Calsolaro, AM Calabrese, S Zotti… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hospitalization for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection confers an almost five-fold higher risk of post-
discharge, all-cause mortality compared to controls from the general population. A negative …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 clinical features and outcomes in elderly patients during six pandemic waves

RM Fericean, O Rosca, C Citu, D Manolescu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many elderly patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 infections are
admitted to intensive care units. Age was previously identified as an independent risk factor …

[HTML][HTML] Health progression for Covid-19 survivors hospitalized in geriatric clinics in Sweden

L Kananen, X Hong, M Annetorp, JKL Mak, J Jylhävä… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Objective To analyse if the health progression of geriatric Covid-19 survivors three months
after an acute Covid-19 infection was worse than in other geriatric patients. Specifically, we …

COVID-19 patients with increasing age experience differential time to initial medical care and severity of symptoms

J Mancilla-Galindo, A Kammar-García… - Epidemiology & …, 2021 - cambridge.org
We conducted a retrospective observational study in patients with laboratory-confirmed
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) who received medical care in 688 COVID-19 ambulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Chronology of COVID-19 symptoms in very old patients: study of a hospital outbreak

C Lafuente-Lafuente, QD Nghiem, H Keravec… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: We wanted to better understand the frequency and temporal distribution of
symptoms of COVID-19 in very old patients, which are currently not well defined. Methods: In …

[HTML][HTML] Functional Status in Older Adults following Hospitalization for COVID-19: A Cohort Study

P Izaguirre, É Arakaki, JV Boero, Á Zalazar… - Annals of geriatric …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause multiple acute complications.
This study evaluated the long-term functional status of older patients hospitalized for acute …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased mortality over time during the first wave in patients with COVID-19 in geriatric care: data from the Stockholm GeroCovid study

H Xu, S Garcia-Ptacek, M Annetorp… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To describe temporal changes in treatment, care, and short-term mortality
outcomes of geriatric patients during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of comorbidity and in-hospital mortality in older patients with COVID-19 infection

M Mahmoud, L Carmisciano, L Tagliafico… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Older adults are more susceptible to severe COVID-19, with increased all-
cause mortality. This has been attributed to their multimorbidity and disability. However, it …

COVID-19 as a paradigmatic model of the heterogeneous disease presentation in older people: data from the GeroCovid observational study

C Trevisan, F Remelli, S Fumagalli… - Rejuvenation …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
COVID-19 may have a heterogeneous onset, especially in older age. However, whether and
how COVID-19 signs and symptoms may present and aggregate together according to …