Clinical presentation and outcome across age categories among patients with COVID-19 admitted to a Spanish Emergency Department

Aim According to age, there are differences in the clinical profile, presentation, management, and short-term outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the Emergency Department. Findings A statistically significant association was found between demographic data, comorbidities, clinical, radiographic, analytical, and therapeutic variables and short-term results according to age-dependent categories. Age was a prognostic factor for hospital admission and in-hospital and 30-day mortality, and was associated with not being admitted to intensive care. Message Clinical presentation, management, and short-term outcomes differ according to age among patients with COVID-19 admitted to the Emergency Department..

Purpose To determine the differences by age-dependent categories in the clinical profile, presentation, management, and short-term outcomes of patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to a Spanish Emergency Department (ED). Methods Secondary analysis of COVID-19_URG-HCSC registry. We included all consecutive patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to the ED of the University Hospital Clinico San Carlos (Madrid, Spain). The population was divided into six age groups. Demographic, baseline and acute clinical data, and in-hospital and 30-day outcomes were collected. Results 1379 confirmed COVID-19 cases (mean age 62 (SD 18) years old; 53.5% male) were included (18.1% < 45 years; 17.8% 45–54 years; 17.9% 55–64 years; 17.2% 65–74 years; 17.0% 75–84 years; and 11.9% ≥ 85 years). A statistically significant association was found between demographic, comorbidity, clinical, radiographic, analytical, and therapeutic variables and short-term results according to age-dependent categories. There were less COVID-specific symptoms and more atypical symptoms among older people. Age was a prognostic factor for hospital admission (aOR = 1.04; 95% CI 1.02–1.05) and in-hospital (aOR = 1.08; 95% CI 1.05–1.10) and 30-day mortality (aOR = 1.07; 95% CI 1.04–1.09), and was associated with not being admitted to intensive care (aOR = 0.95; 95% CI 0.93–0.98). Conclusions Older age is associated with less COVID-specific symptoms and more atypical symptoms, and poor short-term outcomes. Age has independent prognostic value and may help in shared decision-making in patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

European geriatric medicine - 11(2020), 5 vom: 16. Juli, Seite 829-841

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Martín-Sánchez, F. Javier [VerfasserIn]
del Toro, Enrique [VerfasserIn]
Cardassay, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Valls Carbó, Adrián [VerfasserIn]
Cuesta, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Vigara, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Gil, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
López Picado, Amanda López [VerfasserIn]
Martínez Valero, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Miranda, Juande D. [VerfasserIn]
Lopez-Ayala, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Chaparro, David [VerfasserIn]
Cozar López, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
del Mar Suárez-Cadenas, María [VerfasserIn]
Jerez Fernández, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Angós, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Díaz del Arco, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez Adrada, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Montalvo Moraleda, María Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Espejo Paeres, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Fernández Alonso, Cesáreo [VerfasserIn]
Elvira, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Chacón, Ana [VerfasserIn]
García Briñón, Miguel Ángel [VerfasserIn]
Fernández Rueda, José Luis [VerfasserIn]
Ortega, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Fernández Pérez, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
González Armengol, Juan Jorge [VerfasserIn]
González del Castillo, Juan [VerfasserIn]

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44.68 / Gerontologie / Geriatrie / Gerontologie / Geriatrie

Themen:

Age
COVID-19
Emergency department
Older

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© European Geriatric Medicine Society 2020

doi:

10.1007/s41999-020-00359-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2120003912