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Article data
Wang (2020)
Coronavirus disease 2019 in elderly patients: Characteristics and prognostic factors based on 4-week follow-up
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.019
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32240670

Results
Complications
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (Present vs. Not present)
COVID-19 (death)
Hazard ratio: 29.330 (12.370-69.580) Adjusted model

Study characteristics

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


Results

COVID-19 (death)

65

Elderly patients with COVID-19

Complications

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

-

Not present

9

268

Present

56

71

Hazard ratio

29.330 (12.370-69.580)

No

Yes

Yes

Age, acute cardiac injury, arrhythmia, AKI, ARDS, cardiac insufficiency, bacterial infection


Other information

Complications including acute cardiac injury, arrhythmia, acute kidney injury (AKI), ARDS, cardiac insufficiency and bacterial infection were all predictors of death.

Average

Yes

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