European Geriatric Medicine - SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
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COVID-19 pandemic and mortality in nursing homes across USA and Europe up to October 2021
Ulla L. Aalto, Kaisu H. Pitkälä, Karen Andersen-Ranberg, Sylvie Bonin-Guillaume, Alfonso Jose Cruz-Jentoft, Maria Eriksdotter, Adam L. Gordon, Markus Gosch, Iva Holmerova, Hannu Kautiainen, Miia Kivipelto, Jurate Macijauskiene, Desmond O’Neill, Nele van den Noortgate, Anette H. Ranhoff, Jos M. G. A. Schols, Katrin Singler, Mindaugas Stankunas & Joseph G. Ouslander
‘Brain fog’, guilt, and gratitude: experiences of symptoms and life changes in older survivors 6 months after hospitalisation for COVID-19
Kristi E. Heiberg, Anne K. T. Heggestad, Nina Jøranson, Hilde Lausund, Grete Breievne, Marius Myrstad, Anette H. Ranhoff, Marte M. Walle-Hansen & Vigdis Bruun-Olsen
Medical care emerging challenges for older people during early COVID-19 pandemic
George Soulis & Marco Inzitari
Efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in older people
Camilla Mattiuzzi & Giuseppe Lippi
Impact of COVID-19 on hip fracture care in Ireland: findings from the Irish Hip Fracture Database
Louise Brent, Helena Ferris, Jan Sorensen, Gintare Valentelyte, Fionnola Kelly, Conor Hurson & Emer Ahern
What we need for COVID-19 post-acute care
Liang-Kung Chen, Jean Woo & Hidenori Arai (editorial)
Should lung ultrasound be always performed in older patients with possible COVID-19 disease?
Costantino Caroselli & Antonio Cherubini (editorial)
Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation: EuGMS guidance
Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt, Irma H. J. Everink, et al. OPEN ACCESS
Clinical evaluation of single-swab sampling for rapid COVID-19 detection in outbreak settings in Dutch nursing homes
Kelly C. Paap, Anouk M. van Loon, et al.
Communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: evaluation study on self-perceived competences and views of health care professionals
Mathias Schlögl, Katrin Singler, et al.
Functional, cognitive, and nutritional decline in 435 elderly nursing home residents after the first wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Patricia Pérez-Rodríguez, Macarena Díaz de Bustamante, Salvador Aparicio Mollá, et al.
Nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review of challenges and responses
Shamik Giri, Lee Minn Chenn & Roman Romero-Ortuno OPEN ACCESS
Trends in emergency department use by older people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Fergal Howley, Amanda Lavan, Eimear Connolly, Geraldine McMahon, Mustafa Mehmood & Robert Briggs OPEN ACCESS
Clinical presentation and outcomes of COVID-19 in older hospitalised patients assessed by the record-based multidimensional prognostic index, a cross-sectional study
Ane Borgbjerg Verholt, Merete Gregersen, et al.
Mortality risk factors in a Spanish cohort of oldest-old patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in an acute geriatric unit: the OCTA-COVID study
Isabel Lozano-Montoya, Maribel Quezada-Feijoo, et al.
Did the number of older adults with frailty increase during the COVID-19 pandemic? A prospective cohort study in Japan
Tomoyuki Shinohara, Kosuke Saida, Shigeya Tanaka, Akihiko Murayama & Daisuke Higuchi
Health status in survivors older than 70 years after hospitalization with COVID-19: observational follow-up study at 3 months
Pamela Carrillo-Garcia, Blanca Garmendia-Prieto, et al.
Older adults report cancellation or avoidance of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
Noah A. Schuster, Sascha de Breij, et al. OPEN ACCESS
Clinical frailty score as an independent predictor of outcome in COVID-19 hospitalised patients
Gouri Koduri, Sriya Gokaraju, Maria Darda, et al.
Protecting older patients with cardiovascular diseases from COVID-19 complications using current medications Mariana Alves, Marília Andreia Fernandes, et al. - EuGMS Special Interest Group in Cardiovascular Medicine (Chairpersons A. Ungar and A. Benetos) - OPEN ACCESS
Impact of COVID-19: urging a need for multi-domain assessment of COVID-19 inpatients
Arne Heyns, Jolan Dupont, et al.
Hip fracture care and mortality among patients treated in dedicated COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 circuits
Cristina Ojeda-Thies, Javier Cuarental-García, et al.
Decreased volume of hip fractures observed during COVID-19 lockdown
Cristina Ojeda-Thies, Javier Cuarental-García & Luis Rafael Ramos-Pascua
Covid-19: a call for mobilizing geriatric expertise
Shane O’Hanlon, Jugdeep Dhesi, Louise Aronson & Sharon K. Inouye (Editorial)
COVID-19 mortality risk factors in older people in a long-term care center, Eva Heras, Pablo Garibaldi, Maite Boix, Oliver Valero, Jorge Castillo, Yurisan Curbelo, Elso Gonzalez, Obilagilio Mendoza, Maria Anglada, Joan Carles Miralles, Petra Llull, Ricard Llovera & Josep M. Piqué
The experience of executing preventive measures to protect a nursing home in Taiwan from a COVID-19 outbreak
Chia-Yu Huang, Yu-Hung Kuo, Shu-Ting Chuang, Hung-Rong Yen & Sio-Ian Tou
Loneliness is a serious risk in COVID-19 lockdown
Anu Jansson & Kaisu Pitkälä
Unmet needs, health policies, and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from six European countries
Oriol Miralles, Dolores Sanchez-Rodriguez, Esther Marco, et al.
The frailty and mortality relationship in patients with COVID-19
Kenneth Jordan Ng Cheong Chung
COVID-19 has hit nursing homes hard, Kaisu H. Pitkälä (Editorial)
August 2020 Interim EuGMS guidance to prepare European Long-Term Care Facilities for COVID-19
H. Blain, Y. Rolland, J. M. G. A. Schols, A. Cherubini, S. Miot, D. O’Neill, F. C. Martin, O. Guérin, G. Gavazzi, J. Bousquet, M. Petrovic, A. L. Gordon & A. Benetos OPEN ACCESS
Atypical clinical presentation of COVID-19 infection in residents of a long-term care facility, H. Blain, Y. Rolland, A. Benetos, N. Giacosa, M. Albrand, S. Miot & J. Bousquet
Presenting features of COVID-19 in older people: relationships with frailty, inflammation and mortality
P. Knopp, A. Miles, T. E. Webb, B. C. Mcloughlin, I. Mannan, N. Raja, B. Wan & D. Davis OPEN ACCESS
Time of isolation, education and gender influence the psychological outcome during COVID-19 lockdown in caregivers of patients with dementia, M. Carpinelli Mazzi, A. Iavarone, C. Musella, M. De Luca, D. de Vita, S. Branciforte, A. Coppola, R. Scarpa, S. Raimondo, S. Sorrentino, F. Lualdi & A, Postiglione
Sentenced to life: what the Italian COVID-19 pandemic could teach us (if we were willing to learn), G. Gulli
Clinical presentation and outcome across age categories among patients with COVID-19 admitted to a Spanish Emergency Department, F. J. Martín-Sánchez, E. del Toro et al.
Clinical and CT features of the COVID-19 infection: comparison among four different age groups, W. Li, Yijie Fang, J. Liao, W. Yu, L. Yao, H. Cui, X. Zeng, S. Li & C. Huang
Outcomes from COVID-19 across the range of frailty: excess mortality in fitter older people, A. Miles, T. E. Webb, B, C. Mcloughlin, I. Mannan, A. Rather, P. Knopp & D. Davis OPEN ACCESS
Functional and cognitive outcomes after COVID-19 delirium
B. C. Mcloughlin, A. Miles, T. E. Webb, P. Knopp, C. Eyres, A. Fabbri, F. Humphries & D. Davis OPEN ACCESS
Could we have done better with COVID-19 in nursing homes?
Katarzyna Szczerbińska (Editorial)
COVID-19 highlights the need for universal adoption of standards of medical care for physicians in nursing homes in Europe
D. O’Neill, R. Briggs, et al. on behalf of The Special Interest Group in Long Term Care of the European Geriatric Medicine Society OPEN ACCESS