Coronavirus disease 2019 in elderly patients: Characteristics and prognostic factors based on 4-week follow-up

By Lang Wang, Wenbo He, Xiaomei Yu, Dalong Hu, Mingwei Bao, Huafen Liu, Jiali Zhou, Hong Jiang. Journal of Infection, 2020

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Highlights • COVID-19 in the elderly patients was severe and highly fatal.• COVID-19 progressed rapidly in patients who died.• Cardiovascular disease, COPD, dyspnea, lymphocytopenia and ARDS predict mortality.• The elderly patients need close monitoring and timely treatment.

Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Neurology

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