[HTML][HTML] Clinical features, inpatient trajectories and frailty in older inpatients with COVID-19: a retrospective observational study

CN Osuafor, C Davidson, AJ Mackett, M Goujon… - Geriatrics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Introduction: We describe the clinical features and inpatient trajectories of older adults
hospitalized with COVID-19 and explore relationships with frailty. Methods: This …

[HTML][HTML] Age, frailty, and comorbidity as prognostic factors for short-term outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in geriatric care

S Hägg, J Jylhävä, Y Wang, H Xu, C Metzner… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To analyze whether frailty and comorbidities are associated with in-hospital
mortality and discharge to home in older adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 …

Clinical presentation and mortality in hospitalized patients aged 80+ years with COVID-19–a retrospective cohort study

LK Karlsson, LH Jakobsen, L Hollensberg, J Ryg… - Archives of gerontology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background COVID-19, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), has great health implications in older patients, including high mortality. In …

Divergent: age, frailty, and atypical presentations of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients

PCE Poco, MJR Aliberti, MB Dias… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Although frailty has been associated with atypical manifestations of infections,
little is known about COVID-19 presentations in hospitalized frail patients. We aimed to …

Frailty and mortality in hospitalized older adults with COVID-19: retrospective observational study

R De Smet, B Mellaerts, H Vandewinckele… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the association between frailty and short-term mortality in older
adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design Retrospective single …

Predictors for development of critical illness amongst older adults with COVID-19: Beyond age to age-associated factors

JP Lim, KYH Low, NJJ Lin, CZQ Lim, SWX Ong… - Archives of gerontology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Older adults with COVID-19 have disproportionately higher rates of severe
disease and mortality. It is unclear whether this is attributable to age or attendant age …

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

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 …

Age and frailty are independently associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and increased care needs in survivors: results of an international multi-centre study

C Welch - Age and ageing, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Increased mortality has been demonstrated in older adults with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the effect of frailty has been unclear. Methods This multi …

[HTML][HTML] Association between Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and clinical presentation and outcomes in older inpatients with COVID-19

A Martí-Pastor, O Moreno-Perez, E Lobato-Martínez… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
Background Frailty is a physiological condition characterized by a decreased reserve to
stressors. In patients with COVID-19, frailty is a risk factor for in-hospital mortality. The aim of …

[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 …