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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Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Repositorio:
Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/12113
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109946
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/12113
Palabra clave:
COVID-19
Malnutrition
Frailty
Elderly
Functional status
Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus
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