The nutritional status of the elderly patient infected with COVID-19: the forgotten risk factor?
Jessica Abadía OteroLaisa Socorro Briongos FigueroMiriam Gabella MattínIciar Usategui MartínPablo Cubero MoraisLuis Cuellar OlmedoLuis Inglada GalianaCarlos Dueñas GutiérrezJuana Carretero GómezLuis Corral GudinoJosé Pablo Miramontes GonzálezPublished in: Current medical research and opinion (2021)
Malnutrition was a risk factor as powerful as others such as hypertension, age, and different comorbidities. We must evaluate and treat the nutritional status of elderly patients with COVID-19 infection since it directly affects their evolution.