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http://conacyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1000/5014| Clinical features of COVID-19 in elderly patients: A comparison with young and middle-aged patients | |
| Liu Kai. Chen Ying. Lin Ruzheng. Han Kunyuan. | |
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| Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas | |
| 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.005 | |
| BACKGROUND:Due to the general susceptibility of new coronaviruses, the clinical characteristics and outcomes of elderly and young patients may be different. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with 2019 new-type coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19). METHODS:This is a retrospective study of patients with new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) who were hospitalized in Hainan Provincial People's Hospital from January 15, 2020 to February 18, 2020. Compare the clinical characteristics of elderly with Young and Middle-aged patients. RESULTS:A total of 56 patients were enrolled 18 elderly patients (32.14%), and 38 young and middle-aged patients (67.86%). The most common symptoms in both groups were fever, followed by cough and sputum. Four patients in the elderly group received negative pressure ICU for mechanical ventilation, and five patients in the young and middle-aged group. One patient died in the elderly group (5.56%), and two patients died in the young and middle-aged group (5.26%). The PSI score of the elderly group was higher than that of the young and middle-aged group (P | |
| Journal of Infection | |
| 2020 | |
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| http://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016344532030116X/pdf | |
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| VIRUS RESPIRATORIOS | |
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