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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
George Soulis & Marco Inzitari
Efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in older people (this opens in a new tab)
Camilla Mattiuzzi & Giuseppe Lippi
Impact of COVID-19 on hip fracture care in Ireland: findings from the Irish Hip Fracture Database (this opens in a new tab)
Louise Brent, Helena Ferris, Jan Sorensen, Gintare Valentelyte, Fionnola Kelly, Conor Hurson & Emer Ahern
What we need for COVID-19 post-acute care (this opens in a new tab)
Liang-Kung Chen, Jean Woo & Hidenori Arai (editorial)
Should lung ultrasound be always performed in older patients with possible COVID-19 disease? (this opens in a new tab)
Costantino Caroselli & Antonio Cherubini (editorial)
Management of post-acute COVID-19 patients in geriatric rehabilitation: EuGMS guidance (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
Shamik Giri, Lee Minn Chenn & Roman Romero-Ortuno OPEN ACCESS
Trends in emergency department use by older people during the COVID-19 pandemic (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab)
Noah A. Schuster, Sascha de Breij, et al. OPEN ACCESS
Clinical frailty score as an independent predictor of outcome in COVID-19 hospitalised patients (this opens in a new tab)
Gouri Koduri, Sriya Gokaraju, Maria Darda, et al.
Protecting older patients with cardiovascular diseases from COVID-19 complications using current medications (this opens in a new tab) 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 (this opens in a new tab)
Arne Heyns, Jolan Dupont, et al.
Hip fracture care and mortality among patients treated in dedicated COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 circuits (this opens in a new tab)
Cristina Ojeda-Thies, Javier Cuarental-García, et al.
Decreased volume of hip fractures observed during COVID-19 lockdown (this opens in a new tab)
Cristina Ojeda-Thies, Javier Cuarental-García & Luis Rafael Ramos-Pascua
Covid-19: a call for mobilizing geriatric expertise (this opens in a new tab)
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, (this opens in a new tab) 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 (this opens in a new tab)
Chia-Yu Huang, Yu-Hung Kuo, Shu-Ting Chuang, Hung-Rong Yen & Sio-Ian Tou
Loneliness is a serious risk in COVID-19 lockdown (this opens in a new tab)
Anu Jansson & Kaisu Pitkälä
Unmet needs, health policies, and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from six European countries (this opens in a new tab)
Oriol Miralles, Dolores Sanchez-Rodriguez, Esther Marco, et al.
The frailty and mortality relationship in patients with COVID-19 (this opens in a new tab)
Kenneth Jordan Ng Cheong Chung
COVID-19 has hit nursing homes hard (this opens in a new tab), Kaisu H. Pitkälä (Editorial)
August 2020 Interim EuGMS guidance to prepare European Long-Term Care Facilities for COVID-19 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab), 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 (this opens in a new tab)
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 (this opens in a new tab), 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
Clinical presentation and outcome across age categories among patients with COVID-19 admitted to a Spanish Emergency Department (this opens in a new tab), F. J. Martín-Sánchez, E. del Toro et al.
Clinical and CT features of the COVID-19 infection: comparison among four different age groups, (this opens in a new tab) 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 (this opens in a new tab), 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 (this opens in a new tab)
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? (this opens in a new tab)
Katarzyna Szczerbińska (Editorial)
COVID-19 highlights the need for universal adoption of standards of medical care for physicians in nursing homes in Europe (this opens in a new tab)
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