Did you know that certain conditions or underlying medical conditions are associated with an increased risk of developing serious outcomes from COVID-19? When we talk about serious outcomes, we mean hospitalization, admission to intensive care units (ICUs), need for mechanical ventilation or intubation, and even death.1.
One of these risk factors that is associated with the development of severe COVID-19 is older age.2. And adults over 65 have a 6.7- to 10.6-fold increased risk of dying from COVID-19.1. In addition, this same group accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 hospitalizations, more than 60% of intensive care unit admissions, and more than 85% of COVID-19-related hospital deaths.3.
It is also worth emphasizing that in elderly patients, functional deterioration due to hospitalization is especially relevant.4It should also be taken into account that some patients are admitted to hospital due to decompensation of the underlying pathology as a result of COVID-19.5 and that the risk of death from COVID-19 increases with the number of comorbidities.1.
Given all of the above, it is important to identify older patients for early treatment that can help prevent progression to severe COVID-19 and its consequences.
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