Clinical Differences Between Elderly and Non-elderly Patients with COVID-19

Comorbidity frequency and mortality rates are higher in elderly patients with COVID-19. The disease is also more severe in elderly patients. This study aims to examine the characteristics of the COVID-19 disease, severity, comorbidities, and mortality rates in elderly patients by comparing them with...

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Published in:Turkish Thoracic Journal 2022-05, Vol.23 (3), p.238-245
Main Authors: Demirci Üçsular, Fatma, Karadeniz, Gülistan, Polat, Gülru, Ayrancı, Aysu, Yalnız, Enver, Kazankaya, Fatmanur, Güldaval, Filiz, Büyükşirin, Melih, Anar, Ceyda
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Summary:Comorbidity frequency and mortality rates are higher in elderly patients with COVID-19. The disease is also more severe in elderly patients. This study aims to examine the characteristics of the COVID-19 disease, severity, comorbidities, and mortality rates in elderly patients by comparing them with nonelderly patients. This study was designed as a retrospective study. 469 patients who were followed up in outpatient, inpatient, and intensive care units with the diagnosis of COVID-19 between March 11, 2020, and June 01, 2020, were retrospectively included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups who were ≥65 years named as the "elderly group" and
ISSN:2148-7197
2149-2530
DOI:10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2022.21288