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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2021

Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Younger and Elderly Patients with Severe COVID-19 in Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study.

Gil Myeong Seong, Ae-Rin Baek, Moon Seong Baek, Won-Young Kim, Jin Hyoung Kim, Bo Young Lee, Yong Sub Na, Song-I Lee

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Gil Myeong SeongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
Ae-Rin BaekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Pulmonology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon 14584, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1350-610X
Moon Seong BaekDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06973, Korea.
Won-Young KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06973, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6038-9818
Jin Hyoung KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44033, Korea.
Bo Young LeeDivision of Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul 04401, Korea.
Yong Sub NaDepartment of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju 61453, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-2506-2673
Song-I LeeDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon 35015, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8372-4511
Chung-Ang University · KRChosun University Hospital · KRChungnam National University Hospital · KRJeju National University · KRSoonchunhyang University · KRSoonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul · KRUniversity of Ulsan · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Old age is associated with disease severity and poor prognosis among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases; however, characteristics of elderly patients with severe COVID-19 are limited. We aimed to assess the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 at tertiary care centers in South Korea. This retrospective multicenter study included patients with severe COVID-19 who were admitted at seven hospitals in South Korea from 2 February 2020 to 28 February 2021. The Cox regression analyses were performed to assess factors associated with the in-hospital mortality. Of 488 patients with severe COVID-19, 318 (65.2%) were elderly (≥65 years). The older patient group had more underlying diseases and a higher severity score than the younger patient group. The older patient group had a higher in-hospital mortality rate than the younger patient group (25.5% versus 4.7%,

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agedCOVID-19elderly

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