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. 2020 Jul:77:141-142.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.04.058. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Covid-19 cases in a no-Covid-19 geriatric acute care setting. A sporadic occurrence?

Stefano Fumagalli  1 , Bernardo Salani  2 , Luciano Gabbani  2 , Enrico Mossello  3 , Andrea Ungar  3
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Covid-19 cases in a no-Covid-19 geriatric acute care setting. A sporadic occurrence?

Stefano Fumagalli et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

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    Covid-19 cases are frequent in elderly patients admitted to acute no-Covid-19 units

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    Healthcare personnel is at high risk to present coronavirus infection

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    Hospital transmission of Covid-19 can be frequent in older individuals

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    Maximum efforts should be given to screen patients and staff even if asymptomatic

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    Prevention is very important for Covid-19 severe prognosis in older patients

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Coronavirus; Covid-19; Elderly; Frailty.

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Declaration of Competing Interests The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.

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