Risk Factors for Mortality and Respiratory Support in Elderly Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Korea.

CONCLUSION: Patients aged ≥ 80 years had a high risk of requiring MV/HFNC, and mortality among those severe patients was very high. Severe initial presentation and laboratory abnormalities, especially high CRP, were identified as risk factors for mortality and severe hospital course. PMID: 32537957 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research