Elucidating the Symptomatic, Explanatory and Prognostic Characteristics of GERIAtric Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19

Elucidating the Symptomatic, Explanatory and Prognostic Characteristics of GERIAtric Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19

Statement :

• The emerging Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease, linked to the SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) pathogen, has been spreading worldwide since December 2019, affecting millions of people and causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, particularly among the elderly.
• The first epidemiological evidence available reveals a different expression of the disease in the elderly, associated with a high risk of delayed diagnosis and implementation of protective measures and a particularly high morbidity and mortality, especially among the frailest.
• To date, there is no effective model for predicting the severity of COVID-19 in an individual.

The investigators hypothesize that there are specificities of COVID-19 in the elderly, both etiological, diagnostic and prognostic, all of which are not yet known and understood.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalization in the Geriatric unit of the University Hospital (UH) of Angers from 15/03/2020 and until the closure of the COVID-19 geriatric sector

Exclusion Criteria:

• Opposition to the use of the information collected for research purposes.