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

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Journal: European journal of internal medicine
[저자] Stefano Fumagalli, Bernardo Salani, Luciano Gabbani, Enrico Mossello, Andrea Ungar
[Category] SARS,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    [DOI] 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.04.058    
[Source] pubmed

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Covid-19 cases are frequent in elderly patients admitted to acute no-Covid-19 units •
Healthcare personnel is at high risk to present coronavirus infection •
Hospital transmission of Covid-19 can be frequent in older individuals •
Maximum efforts should be given to screen patients and staff even if asymptomatic •
Prevention is very important for Covid-19 severe prognosis in older patients

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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus, elderly, frailty, Atrial fibrillation,