Comorbidities and Mortality in Patients With COVID-19 Aged 60 Years and Older in a University Hospital in Spain

Margarita Posso; Mercè Comas; Marta Román; Laia Domingo; Javier Louro; Cristina González; María Sala; Albert Anglès; Isabel Cirera; Francesc Cots; Víctor-Manuel Frías; Joaquim Gea; Robert Güerri-Fernández; Joan Ramon Masclans; Xavier Noguès; Olga Vázquez; Judith Villar-García; Juan Pablo Horcajada; Julio Pascual; Xavier Castells

doi:10.1016/j.arbres.2020.06.012

Comorbidities and Mortality in Patients With COVID-19 Aged 60 Years and Older in a University Hospital in Spain

Arch Bronconeumol (Engl Ed). 2020 Nov;56(11):756-758. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2020.06.012. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Margarita Posso¹, Mercè Comas¹, Marta Román¹, Laia Domingo¹, Javier Louro¹, Cristina González², María Sala¹, Albert Anglès³, Isabel Cirera⁴, Francesc Cots⁵, Víctor-Manuel Frías⁶, Joaquim Gea⁷, Robert Güerri-Fernández⁸, Joan Ramon Masclans⁹, Xavier Noguès¹⁰, Olga Vázquez¹¹, Judith Villar-García⁸, Juan Pablo Horcajada¹², Julio Pascual¹³, Xavier Castells¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain; Research Network on Health Services in Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), Barcelona, Spain.
² Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain; Infection Control Program, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Medical Documentation Department, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Emergency Department, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Management Control Department, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions (INAD), Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ Respiratory Medicine Department, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, DCEXS, UPF, CIBERES, ISCiii, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Critical Care Department, Hospital del Mar. Barcelona, IMIM, UAB, Spain.
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital del Mar. IMIM, CIBERFES, Barcelona, Spain.
¹¹ Department of Geriatrics, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Infection Control Program, Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ Department of Nephrology, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Evaluation, Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain; Research Network on Health Services in Chronic Diseases (REDISSEC), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: xcastells@parcdesalutmar.cat.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asthma / epidemiology
Asthma / mortality
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Chronic Disease
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality*
Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus / mortality
Heart Failure / epidemiology
Heart Failure / mortality
Hospital Mortality*
Hospitals, University
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology
Hypertension / mortality
Liver Diseases / epidemiology
Liver Diseases / mortality
Middle Aged
Obesity / epidemiology
Obesity / mortality
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / epidemiology
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / mortality
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Spain / epidemiology