Covid-19 cases in a no-Covid-19 geriatric acute care setting. A sporadic occurrence?

Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Jul:77:141-142. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.04.058. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Authors

Stefano Fumagalli¹, Bernardo Salani², Luciano Gabbani², Enrico Mossello³, Andrea Ungar³

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence and AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: stefano.fumagalli@unifi.it.
² Geriatric Medicine Unit, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy.
³ Geriatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence and AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy.

Abstract

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Covid-19 cases are frequent in elderly patients admitted to acute no-Covid-19 units
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Healthcare personnel is at high risk to present coronavirus infection
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Hospital transmission of Covid-19 can be frequent in older individuals
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Maximum efforts should be given to screen patients and staff even if asymptomatic
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Prevention is very important for Covid-19 severe prognosis in older patients

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Elderly; Frailty.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Female
Health Services for the Aged*
Hospitalization*
Humans
Italy
Male
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Tertiary Care Centers*