Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with preexisting dementia: a large multicenter propensity-matched Brazilian cohort study.
Maria Aparecida Camargos BicalhoMárlon Juliano Romero AlibertiPolianna Delfino PereiraVictor Schulthais ChagasPatryk Marques da Silva RosaMagda Carvalho PiresLucas Emanuel Ferreira RamosAdriana Falangola Benjamin BezerraAna Beatriz de Castro FeresAngélica Gomides Dos Reis GomesAngelinda Rezende BheringBruno Porto PessoaCarla Thais Cândida Alves da SilvaChristiane Correa Rodrigues CiminiClaudia Kimie SuemotoCristiana Andrade Coelho DiasDaniela Dos Reis CarazaiDaniela PonceDanyelle Romana Alves RiosEuler Roberto Fernandes ManentiFernando AnschauJoanna d'Arc Lyra BatistaJoice Coutinho de AlvarengaJulia Avancini ViguiniJulia Mariot ZanellatoJuliana Rodrigues Machado RúgoloKaren Brasil RuschelLetícia do NascimentoLuanna da Silva Monteiro MenezesLucas Moyses Carvalho de OliveiraLuís César de CastroLuiz Antônio NasiMarcelo CarneiroMaria Angélica Pires FerreiraMariana Frizzo de GodoyMilton Henriques Guimarães-JúniorNeimy Ramos de OliveiraPatricia Klarmann ZiegelmannPaula Fonseca PortoPaulo Mascarenhas MendesPedro Gibson ParaisoPriscilla Pereira Dos ReisSaionara Cristina FranciscoSilvia Ferreira AraújoThiago Junqueira Avelino-SilvaMilena Soriano MarcolinoPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2024)
Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 differ between older inpatients with and without dementia. We observed that dementia alone could not explain the higher short-term mortality following severe COVID-19. Therefore, clinicians should consider other risk factors such as acute morbidity severity and baseline frailty when evaluating the prognosis of older adults with dementia hospitalised with COVID-19.
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