Clinical presentation and outcome across age categories among patients with COVID-19 admitted to a Spanish Emergency Department.
Francisco Javier Martín-SánchezEnrique Del ToroEduardo CardassayAdrián Valls CarbóFederico CuestaMarta VigaraPedro GilAmanda López López PicadoCarmen Martínez ValeroJuande D MirandaPedro Lopez-AyalaDavid ChaparroGabriel Cozar LópezMaría Del Mar Suárez-CadenasPablo Jerez FernándezBeatriz AngósCristina Díaz Del ArcoEsther Rodríguez AdradaMaría Teresa Montalvo MoraledaCarolina Espejo PaeresCesáreo Fernández AlonsoCarlos ElviraAna ChacónMiguel Ángel García BriñónJosé Luis Fernández RuedaLuis OrtegaCristina Fernández PérezJuan Jorge González ArmengolJuan González Del CastilloPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2020)
Older age is associated with less COVID-specific symptoms and more atypical symptoms, and poor short-term outcomes. Age has independent prognostic value and may help in shared decision-making in patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection.