Altered Mental Status : An Important but Overlooked Presenting Symptom of COVID-19 in Older Adults

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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether altered mental status (AMS) as a presenting symptom in older adults with COVID-19 is independently associated with adverse outcomes.

METHODS: A retrospective single center observational study of admitted patients (n = 421) age greater than 60 and a positive COVID-19 test. Outcomes included mortality, intubation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury, and acute cardiac injury. Multivariate regression analysis was used to determine if presenting with AMS was associated with adverse outcomes.

RESULTS: There was an increased risk of mortality (RR 1.29, 95% CI 1.05-1.57), intubation (RR 1.52, 95% CI 1.09-2.12) and AKI (RR 1.42, 95% CI 1.13-1.78) in patients that presented with AMS.

CONCLUSIONS: During a global pandemic, prognostic indicators are vital to help guide the clinical course of patients, reduce healthcare cost, and preserve life. Our study suggests that AMS can play a major role in diagnostic algorithms in older adults with COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 29(2021), 11 vom: 17. Nov., Seite 1166-1170

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oommen, Alvin [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Joel [VerfasserIn]
Parmar, Priyanka [VerfasserIn]
Rosengarten, Sabrina [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Clara [VerfasserIn]
Maini, Rohan [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Julie Minjae [VerfasserIn]
Mecklenburg, Max [VerfasserIn]
Daniel, Pia [VerfasserIn]
Brietman, Igal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AKI
AMS
COVID-19
Geriatrics
Intubation
Journal Article
Mortality
Observational Study
Pandemic

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.10.2021

Date Revised 15.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328026859