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ReviewMechanisms of ageing and development2020

Risk factors for predicting mortality in elderly patients with COVID-19: A review of clinical data in China.

Char Leung

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Review in Mechanisms of ageing and development, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

117 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 259 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Char LeungDeakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, 3125, Australia. Electronic address: charleung@hotmail.fr.
Deakin University · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While elderly patients are at high risk of fatality, research concerning COVID-19 has largely been done on clarifying the clinical features. As such, the present work aims to identify risk factors for mortality in elderly patients with COVID-19. Given that single-centre studies are less likely informative as elderly remains a minority in the total Chinese population, the present study reviewed the clinical data of geriatric COVID-19 patients gathered from different sources in the public domain. Based on the data of 154 individuals from 26 provinces, age remained a key mortality risk factor among geriatric patients of different ages. While dyspnoea and chest pain/discomfort were more commonly seen in deceased patients as they represented severe pneumonia, fever was more prominent in surviving patients. This was likely due to the lower baseline body temperature observed in elderly which translated to a lower maximum temperature of fever. However, lowering the threshold temperature for fever is not recommended in surveillance. Instead, baseline body temperature measured on a regular basis should be used to define the threshold temperature for fever. Against mixed results, more research should be done on identifying comorbidities associated with mortality in geriatric patients.

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AgedAged, 80 and overChinaComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHumansMalePandemicsPneumonia, ViralPredictive Value of TestsRisk FactorsCOVID-19ElderlyGeriatric patientsMortalityRisk factors

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PMID32353398
PMCPMC7184979
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