Clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized for COVID-19: comparison between different age groups

To test whether known prognosticators of COVID-19 maintained their stratification ability across age groups. We performed a retrospective study. We included all patients (n = 2225), who presented to the Emergency Department of the Careggi University Hospital for COVID-19 in the period February 2020-...

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Published in:BMC geriatrics 2024-01, Vol.24 (1), p.51-9, Article 51
Main Authors: Fabiani, Ginevra, Cogozzo, Carolina, De Paris, Anna, Di Maria, Valentina, Lagomarsini, Alessia, Masotti, Olimpia, Matteini, Simona, Paolucci, Elisa, Pelagatti, Lorenzo, Pepe, Francesco, Villanti, Maurizio, Todde, Francesca, Pini, Riccardo, Innocenti, Francesca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age composition
Age groups
Biomarkers
Blood pressure
C-reactive protein
C-Reactive Protein - analysis
COVID-19
COVID-19 - therapy
Creatinine
Dehydrogenases
Demographic aspects
Emergency medical care
Evaluation
Heart rate
Hospital patients
Hospitalization
Humans
Infections
Kidney diseases
Medical prognosis
Medical records
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Mortality
Mortality rate
Multivariate analysis
Older people
Pandemics
Patients
Population
Population studies
Prognostic scores
Respiratory failure
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2 - metabolism
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Summary:To test whether known prognosticators of COVID-19 maintained their stratification ability across age groups. We performed a retrospective study. We included all patients (n = 2225), who presented to the Emergency Department of the Careggi University Hospital for COVID-19 in the period February 2020-May 2021, and were admitted to the hospital. The following parameters were analyzed as dichotomized: 1) SpO /FiO  ≤ or > 214; 2) creatinine 
ISSN:1471-2318
1471-2318
DOI:10.1186/s12877-023-04626-2