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Could nutritional and functional status serve as prognostic factors for COVID-19 in the elderly?

Geriatric patients seem to be the most vulnerable group in COVID-19. These patients are usually characterized by impaired mobilization and malnutrition. In addition, obesity has been correlated with increased mortality rates after COVID-19 infection, highlighting the role of nutrition in prognosis o...

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Autores principales: Lidoriki, Irene, Frountzas, Maximos, Schizas, Dimitrios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7264929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32512494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109946