Predicting mortality risk in older hospitalized persons with COVID-19: a comparison of the COVID-19 mortality risk score with frailty and disability

C Fumagalli, A Ungar, R Rozzini, M Vannini… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the association of pre-morbid functional status [Barthel Index (BI)] and
frailty [modified Frailty Index (mFI)] with in-hospital mortality and a risk scoring system …

Is age the most important risk factor in COVID-19 patients? The relevance of Comorbidity Burden: a retrospective analysis of 10,551 hospitalizations

D Valero-Bover, D Monterde, G Carot-Sans… - Clinical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To assess the contribution of age and comorbidity to the risk of critical illness in
hospitalized COVID-19 patients using increasingly exhaustive tools for measuring …

Variables associated with 30-day mortality in very elderly COVID-19 patients

Y Xing, Y Sun, M Tang, W Huang, J Luo… - Clinical Interventions in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Advanced age increases the risk for severe COVID-19. However, the risk
factors for mortality from COVID-19 in very elderly patients (≥ 80-years-old) are unknown …

Predictors of in-hospital mortality AND death RISK STRATIFICATION among COVID-19 PATIENTS aged≥ 80 YEARs OLD

M Covino, G De Matteis, DA Della Polla… - Archives of gerontology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction: To date, mainly due to age-related vulnerability and to coexisting comorbidities,
older patients often face a more severe COVID-19. This study aimed to identify at …

[HTML][HTML] Prognosis models for severe and critical COVID-19 based on the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices

W Zhou, X Qin, X Hu, Y Lu, J Pan - International journal of medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic. This
study established prognostic scoring models based on comorbidities and other clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the Charlson comorbidity index and laboratory parameters as independent early mortality predictors in covid 19 patients

BC Türker, F Türker, S Ahbab, E Hoca… - … Journal of General …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Various parameters have been proposed to predict the outcome of patients with
coronavirus disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of the age-adjusted CCI …

Comorbidities predict 30-day hospital mortality of older adults with COVID-19

HP Junior, MR Cominetti - Geriatric Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
We evaluated whether comorbidities predict disease severity and mortality in a cohort of 147
older adults with COVID-19. Patients were divided into three groups according to the …

[PDF][PDF] Discriminant ability of in-hospital mortality based on prognostic scores of elderly patients with COVID-19: a Taiwan medical center study

TH Chen, C Chen, SY Jo, CH Hsiao, W Tsai… - Int. J …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought excessive patients in
emergency departments. Several COVID-19 prediction scores have been developed to aid …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index as a predictor of need for invasive mechanical ventilation, length of hospital stay, and survival in COVID-19 …

V Shanbhag, NR Arjun, S Chaudhuri… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Multiple parameters may be used to prognosticate coronavirus disease-2019
(COVID-19) patients, which are often expensive laboratory or radiological investigations. We …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for one-year mortality in hospitalized adults with severe COVID-19

R Nunez-Cortes, R Lopez-Bueno… - Aging and …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the body's immunity declines with age, elderly-hospitalized patients due to COVID-19
might be at higher mortality risk. Therefore, the aim of this prospective study was to examine …