Covid-19 Infection in Older Adults: A Geriatrician's Perspective

IŞIK A. T.

CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS IN AGING, cilt.15, ss.1067-1069, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2147/cia.s260972
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS IN AGING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, AgeLine, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1067-1069
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Covid-19 infection, pandemic, older adults, atypical presentation
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The pandemic of the Covid-19 virus has become the main issue all over the world. In its current form, the disease is more severe in geriatric cases and individuals with chronic disease, even causing death. In older adults and atypical presentations, testing strategies for Covid-19, potential drug interactions of experimental Covid-19 therapies, and ageism are important issues in the course of the disease. Therefore, health-care professionals should be aware of these, and screening policies for Covid-19 should also include atypical presentations with or without classical symptoms of the illness in older adults. Furthermore, evaluation of individuals > 65 years of age from a geriatrician's perspective is very important, because Covid-19 is severe and fatal in seniors.