Older Adults with Epilepsy and COVID-19: Outcomes in a Multi-Hospital Health System

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused disproportionate morbidity and mortality in older adults, especially those with pre-existing conditions.[1],[2],[3] While certain pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease have been associated with COVID-19 severity in older adults,[2] the contribution of other chronic diseases to mortality and morbidity have been less well studied. There is little work investigating how neurological conditions, specifically epilepsy, affect older adults with COVID-19.

Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - November 26, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Claire Ufongene, Grace Van Hyfte, Parul Agarwal, Jonathan Goldstein, Brian Mathew, Alison Navis, Louise McCarthy, Churl-Su Kwon, Kapil Gururangan, Priti Balchandani, Lara Marcuse, Georges Naasan, Anuradha Singh, James Young, Alexander Charney, Girish Nadk Source Type: research