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Title: | 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 |
Other Titles: | Coronavirus: la emergencia geriátrica de 2020. Documento conjunto de la Sección de Cardiología Geriátrica de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología y la Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología |
Author: | Bonanad, Clara García-Blas, Sergio Tarazona-Santabalbina, Francisco José Díez-Villanueva, Pablo Ayesta, Ana Sanchis Forés, Juan Vidán-Austiz, María Teresa Formiga Pérez, Francesc Ariza Solé, Albert Martínez-Sellés, Manuel |
Keywords: | Coronavirus Cardiologia Espanyols Coronaviruses Cardiology Spaniards |
Issue Date: | 8-May-2020 |
Publisher: | Elsevier España |
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. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rec.2020.05.001 |
It is part of: | Revista Española de Cardiologia, 2020 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/166601 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rec.2020.05.001 |
ISSN: | 0300-8932 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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