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Could nutritional and functional status serve as prognostic factors for COVID-19 in the elderly?
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- Nutritional determinants and COVID-19 outcomes of older patients with COVID-19: A systematic review.Archives of gerontology and geriatricsPooled it
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- Predictivity of the Prognostic Nutritional Index and Systemic Inflammation Index for All-Cause In-Hospital Mortality in Geriatric and Adult COVID-19 Inpatients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Malnutrition elevates delirium and ICU stay among critically ill older adult COVID-19 patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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- Association of food habit with the COVID-19 severity and hospitalization: A cross-sectional study among the recovered individuals in Bangladesh.Nutrition and health · 2022Article
- Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index is related to the risk of stroke-associated pneumonia.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- How can Biology of Aging Explain the Severity of COVID-19 in Older Adults.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2022Review
- Effective food hygiene principles and dietary intakes to reinforce the immune system for prevention of COVID-19: a systematic review.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- One-Year Report of COVID-19 Impact on Geriatric Patients: a Bio-Psycho-Social Approach.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2022Review
- Frailty but not sarcopenia nor malnutrition increases the risk of developing COVID-19 in older community-dwelling adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Long-Term Survival of Older Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Do Clinical Characteristics upon Admission Matter?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Direct and Indirect Effects of COVID-19 in Frail Elderly: Interventions and Recommendations.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
- Nutrition acquisition by human immunity, transient overnutrition and the cytokine storm in severe cases of COVID-19.Medical hypotheses · 2021Article
- The validity of the global leadership initiative on malnutrition criteria for diagnosing malnutrition in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A prospective cohort study.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2021Article
- COVID-19: Role of Nutrition and Supplementation.Nutrients · 2021Review
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- Prognostic role of nutritional status in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a monocentric study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
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Abstract
Geriatric patients seem to be the most vulnerable group in COVID-19. These patients are usually characterized by impaired mobilization and malnutrition. In addition, obesity has been correlated with increased mortality rates after COVID-19 infection, highlighting the role of nutrition in prognosis of COVID-19 as well. In the past, several indices of nutritional status (GNRI) and functional status (ECOG performance status, Barthel Index, Handgrip Strength) have demonstrated a prognostic ability for hospitalized patients with influenza-like respiratory infections from coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza and rhinovirus. Our hypothesis suggests that the previously mentioned nutritional and functional status indices, combined with the pneumonia severity index (CRB-65), could be useful in prognosis of morbidity and mortality of the elderly after the novel COVID-19 infection. Our hypothesis, is the first in the literature, which suggests a prognostic association between nutritional status of patients and COVID-19 infection, offering a quick and low-cost prognostic tool for COVID-19 in the elderly.
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