COVID-19 mortality risk factors in older people in a long-term care center.

Eva HerasPablo GaribaldiMaite BoixOliver ValeroJorge CastilloYurisan CurbeloElso GonzalezObilagilio MendozaMaria AngladaJoan Carles MirallesPetra LlullRicard LloveraJosep M Piqué

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2020)

Male gender, low Barthel index, and lymphocytopenia are independent risk factors for COVID-19 mortality in institutionalized older patients in long-term care nursing homes. Treatment with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin was associated with lower mortality in these patients.

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risk factors
coronavirus disease
sars cov
long term care
cardiovascular events
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
mental health
peritoneal dialysis
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
drug administration