Comparison of different prognostic scores in estimating short-and long-term mortality in COVID-19 patients above 60 years old in a university hospital in Belgium

C Van Hauwermeiren, M Claessens, M Berland… - European Geriatric …, 2023 - Springer
Background and objectives Multiple scoring systems were used for risk stratification in
COVID-19 patients. The objective was to determine among 6 scores which performed the …

Risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease and death in patients aged 70 and over: a retrospective observational cohort study

K Fagard, E Gielen, M Deschodt, E Devriendt… - Acta Clinica …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in rapid reorganisations of hospital care. In our
hospital, the geriatrics team introduced the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) on the non-ICU …

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 …

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 …

Clinical presentation and outcomes of COVID-19 in older hospitalised patients assessed by the record-based multidimensional prognostic index, a cross-sectional …

AB Verholt, M Gregersen, N Gonzalez-Bofill… - European Geriatric …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Older people are the most frequently hospital admitted patients with COVID-19. We
aimed to describe the clinical presentation of COVID-19 among frail and nonfrail older …

Beyond chronological age: frailty and multimorbidity predict in-hospital mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

A Marengoni, A Zucchelli, DL Vetrano… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background We evaluated whether frailty and multimorbidity predict in-hospital mortality in
patients with COVID-19 beyond chronological age. Method A total of 165 patients admitted …

Characteristics and outcomes of older patients hospitalised for COVID-19 in the first and second wave of the pandemic in The Netherlands: the COVID-OLD study

RAL Smits, S Trompet, CMJ van der Linden… - Age and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background as the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic progressed
diagnostics and treatment changed. Objective to investigate differences in characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] Peculiar clinical presentation of COVID-19 and predictors of mortality in the elderly: A multicentre retrospective cohort study

DF Bavaro, L Diella, C Fabrizio, R Sulpasso… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The spectrum of COVID-19 clinical manifestations is not yet known. In the
elderly, mortality and extrapulmonary involvement appears more frequent than expected …

Predicting in‐hospital mortality in COVID‐19 older patients with specifically developed scores

M Covino, G De Matteis, ML Burzo… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background/Objectives Several scoring systems have been specifically developed for risk
stratification in COVID‐19 patients. Design We compared, in a cohort of confirmed COVID …

Clinical features predicting mortality risk in older patients with COVID-19

J Zhou, L Huang, J Chen, X Yuan, Q Shen… - … medical research and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background Since December 2019, the cumulative number of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) deaths worldwide has reached 1,013,100 and continues to increase as of …