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Altered Mental Status: An Important but Overlooked Presenting Symptom of COVID-19 in Older Adults

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether altered mental status (AMS) as a presenting symptom in older adults with COVID-19 is independently associated with adverse outcomes. METHODS: A retrospective single center observational study of admitted patients (n = 421) age greater than 60 and a positive COVID-19...

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Autores principales: Oommen, Alvin, Thomas, Joel, Parmar, Priyanka, Rosengarten, Sabrina, Wilson, Clara, Maini, Rohan, Kim, Julie Minjae, Mecklenburg, Max, Daniel, Pia, Brietman, Igal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8196474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34257003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.06.004