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Review
. 2020 May 28;45(5):549-554.
doi: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2020.200264.

Coronavirus disease 2019 in the elderly: Clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment strategies

[Article in English, Chinese]
Yayong Li  1 , Yina Wang  2
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Coronavirus disease 2019 in the elderly: Clinical characteristics, diagnosis and treatment strategies

[Article in English, Chinese]
Yayong Li et al. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. .
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in English, Chinese

Many countries in the world have faced with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic since December 2019, while the proportion of elderly patients with COVID-19 in severe and death cases is relatively high. At present, China is in the rapid development stage of population aging, and the demand of the elderly for medical care, health care, nursing and life services far exceeds that of other people. Especially in the period of COVID-19, it is particularly urgent to summarize more experience and methods in time to reduce the infection rate, the incidence of critical illness, and the mortality rate. Therefore, this review combines the existing research results with clinic experience of diagnosis and treatment for senile infectious diseases, summarizes the clinical characteristics and puts forward the prevention strategies of elderly COVID-19 patients, which provide evidence for effective prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in elderly patients, improvement of cure rate, and reduction of severe incidence rate and mortality.

2019年12月以来，全球多个国家面临2019冠状病毒病(coronavirus disease 2019，COVID-19)疫情，而老年人在重症及死亡的COVID-19患者中所占比例较高。目前我国正处于人口老龄化快速发展阶段，老年人对医疗、保健、护理及生活服务的需求远远超过其他人。尤其是在当前COVID-19疫情中，及时总结更多的经验与方法，降低老年人感染率、减少危重症发生、降低病死率尤为迫切。本文结合目前已有的研究结果与老年感染性疾病临床诊治经验，总结老年COVID-19患者的临床特点并提出防治策略，为临床有效防治老年COVID-19，提高治愈率、降低重症发病率及病死率提供依据。.

Keywords: clinical characteristics; coronavirus disease 2019; diagnosis and treatment strategies; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; the elderly.

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