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Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)
. 2020 May 8;S1885-5857(20)30178-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2020.05.001. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus: The Geriatric Emergency of 2020. Joint Document of the Section on Geriatric Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology
[Article in English, Spanish]
Clara Bonanad[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sergio Garc?a-Blas[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francisco Jos? Tarazona-Santabalbina[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Pablo D?ez-Villanueva[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ana Ayesta[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Juan Sanchis For?s[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mar?a Teresa Vid?n-Austiz[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Francesc Formiga[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Albert Ariza-Sol?[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Manuel Mart?nez-Sell?s[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Scientific societies of the authors. The contributing authors are members of the following scientific bodies
Collaborators, Affiliations
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 infection, also known as COVID-19 (coronavirus infectious disease-19), was first identified in December 2019. In Spain, the first case of this infection was diagnosed on 31 January, 2020 and, by 15 April 2020, has caused 18 579 deaths, especially in the elderly. Due to the rapidly evolving situation regarding this disease, the data reported in this article may be subject to modifications. The older population are particularly susceptible to COVID-19 infection and to developing severe disease. The higher morbidity and mortality rates in older people have been associated with comorbidity, especially cardiovascular disease, and frailty, which weakens the immune response. Due to both the number of affected countries and the number of cases, the current situation constitutes an ongoing pandemic and a major health emergency. Because Spain has one of the largest older populations in the world, COVID-19 has emerged as a geriatric emergency. This document has been prepared jointly between the Section on Geriatric Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Keywords: COVID-19; Emergencia mundial; Geriatrics; Geriatr?a; Pandemia; Pandemic; Worldwide emergency.
. 2020 May 8;S1885-5857(20)30178-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2020.05.001. Online ahead of print.
Coronavirus: The Geriatric Emergency of 2020. Joint Document of the Section on Geriatric Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology
[Article in English, Spanish]
Clara Bonanad[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sergio Garc?a-Blas[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francisco Jos? Tarazona-Santabalbina[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Pablo D?ez-Villanueva[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ana Ayesta[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Juan Sanchis For?s[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mar?a Teresa Vid?n-Austiz[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Francesc Formiga[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Albert Ariza-Sol?[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Manuel Mart?nez-Sell?s[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Scientific societies of the authors. The contributing authors are members of the following scientific bodies
Collaborators, Affiliations
- PMID: 32446793
- DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2020.05.001
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 infection, also known as COVID-19 (coronavirus infectious disease-19), was first identified in December 2019. In Spain, the first case of this infection was diagnosed on 31 January, 2020 and, by 15 April 2020, has caused 18 579 deaths, especially in the elderly. Due to the rapidly evolving situation regarding this disease, the data reported in this article may be subject to modifications. The older population are particularly susceptible to COVID-19 infection and to developing severe disease. The higher morbidity and mortality rates in older people have been associated with comorbidity, especially cardiovascular disease, and frailty, which weakens the immune response. Due to both the number of affected countries and the number of cases, the current situation constitutes an ongoing pandemic and a major health emergency. Because Spain has one of the largest older populations in the world, COVID-19 has emerged as a geriatric emergency. This document has been prepared jointly between the Section on Geriatric Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Cardiology and the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology.
Keywords: COVID-19; Emergencia mundial; Geriatrics; Geriatr?a; Pandemia; Pandemic; Worldwide emergency.