China
Retrospective study
Medical records
339
All confirmed cases of COVID-19 over 60 years old admitted from Jan 1 to Feb 6 at isolation ward of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China which is a designated hospital capable of receiving severe COVID-19 patients.
Of 339 patients identified, the mean age was 71 years, and 173 were female (51%). 60.7% of the patients had comorbidities, while 23.9% had two or more comorbidities.
Median
28 Day
COVID-19 (death)
65
Elderly patients with COVID-19
Complications
Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia was defined as emerging premature beat, tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation and clinically significant bradycardia according to electrocardiography or medical records
Not present
52
304
Present
13
35
Hazard ratio
0.750 (0.370-1.530)
No
Yes
Age, acute cardiac injury, arrhythmia, AKI, ARDS, cardiac insufficiency, bacterial infection
Complications including acute cardiac injury, arrhythmia, acute kidney injury (AKI), ARDS, cardiac insufficiency and bacterial infection were all predictors of death.
Average