Enjeux et défis du Covid-19 en gériatrie aiguë : leçons tirées de l'expérience genevoise

De Roux Serratrice, Christine; Mendes Aguiar Santos, Aline; Herrmann, François; Perivier, Samuel; Genton Graf, Laurence; Fassier, Thomas; Di Silvestro, Katharine; Trombert, Véronique Florence; Roux, Xavier; Cuvelier, Clémence; Huber, Philippe; Jacques, Marie-Claire; Prendki, Virginie; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Scheffler, Max; Graf, Christophe; Zekry Berger, Dina Selma

doi:10.53738/REVMED.2020.16.714.2153

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Enjeux et défis du Covid-19 en gériatrie aiguë : leçons tirées de l'expérience genevoise

Other titleIssues and challenges related to COVID-19 in acute geriatric care: lessons learned from the Geneva experience

ContributorsDe Roux Serratrice, Christine

; Mendes Aguiar Santos, Aline; Herrmann, François; Perivier, Samuel; Genton Graf, Laurence

; Fassier, Thomas; Di Silvestro, Katharine; Trombert, Véronique Florence; Roux, Xavier; Cuvelier, Clémence; Huber, Philippe; Jacques, Marie-Claire; Prendki, Virginie

; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Scheffler, Max

; Graf, Christophe

; Zekry Berger, Dina Selma

Published inRevue médicale suisse, vol. 16, no. 714, p. 2153-2155

Publication date2020

Abstract

The older patients have been the most affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In addition, this infection has been responsible for high mortality rate in this population. In this article we wanted to describe the clinical findings we encountered in older people with COVID-19 and share some of the issues and challenges we faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords

Aged
Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis/mortality/physiopathology/therapy
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatrics
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis/epidemiology/mortality/physiopathology/therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Switzerland/epidemiology

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DE ROUX SERRATRICE, Christine et al. Enjeux et défis du Covid-19 en gériatrie aiguë : leçons tirées de l’expérience genevoise. In: Revue médicale suisse, 2020, vol. 16, n° 714, p. 2153–2155. doi: 10.53738/REVMED.2020.16.714.2153

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PID : unige:152247
DOI : 10.53738/REVMED.2020.16.714.2153
PMID : 33174695

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