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Prognostic role of nutritional status in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19: a monocentric study.
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- C-Reactive protein role in assessing COVID-19 deceased geriatrics and survivors of severe and critical illness.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Association of Different Malnutrition Parameters and Clinical Outcomes among COVID-19 Patients: An Observational Study.Nutrients · 2022Observational
- How can Biology of Aging Explain the Severity of COVID-19 in Older Adults.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2022Review
- Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index is related to the risk of stroke-associated pneumonia.Brain and behavior · 2022Article
- One-Year Report of COVID-19 Impact on Geriatric Patients: a Bio-Psycho-Social Approach.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2022Review
- Nutrition risk assessed by Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 is associated with in-hospital mortality in older patients with COVID-19.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2022Article
- Heterogeneity and Risk of Bias in Studies Examining Risk Factors for Severe Illness and Death in COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundSymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection incidence is higher in the elderly patients. Pre-existing geriatric conditions such as comorbidity and frailty seem related to worse hospital outcomes.
aimsTo assess the role of nutritional status as an independent prognostic factor for in-hospital death in elderly patients.
methodsConsecutive elderly patients (age > 65 years) hospitalized for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were enrolled. Demographics, laboratory and comorbidity data were collected. Nutritional status was evaluated using the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI). Uni- and multivariate Cox regression analyses to evaluate predictors for in-hospital death were performed.
resultsOne hundred and nine hospitalized elderly patients (54 male) were consecutively enrolled. At univariate analysis, age (HR 1.045 [CI 1.008-1.082]), cognitive impairment (HR 1.949 [CI 1.045-3.364]), C-reactive protein (HR 1.004 [CI 1.011-1.078]), lactate dehydrogenases (HR 1.003 [CI 1.001-1.004]) and GNRI moderate-severe risk category (HR 8.571 [CI 1.096-67.031]) were risk factors for in-hospital death, while albumin (HR 0.809 [CI 0.822-0.964]), PaO
conclusionNutritional status assessed by GNRI is a significative predictor of survival in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The association between GNRI and PaO
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