Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Russian Research State Medical University, Russia
Research Article
Features of the Course and Therapy of Viral Infection Covid-19 in a Repurposed Infectious Diseases Hospital for Patients Aged 90 Years and Older
Author(s): Evsikov Evgeny Mikhailovich, Teplova Natalya Vadimovna, Vechorko Valery Ivanovich, Bairova Kermen Ivanovna* and Dzheksembekov Aldar
Background: According to WHO statistics for 2020, the risk of acute infection, which can lead to death, increases with age. The median age of patients with
COVID-19 is 61 years. Mortality-after 80 years of life is 15%. The literature discusses the difficulties of timely diagnosis of Covid-19 in the elderly, which in most
of them are associated with asymptomatic disease and its atypical course.
Goal and tasks: To assess the symptoms, the nature of the course of the pathology and clinical diagnostic data and mortality rates in people aged 90 years and
older hospitalized with a diagnosis of COVID-19 in a repurposed emergency hospital in the city of Sochi. Moscow from April 12 to August 3, 2020
Material and methods: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical diagnostic data of 108 patients, including 23 men and 85 women aged 90-98 years,.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-6895.11.2.546
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