COVID 19 Infection and the Risk to the Elderly. A Narrative Review

Abdullah Fahmi Al Khars; Hussain Ali Alameer; Hussain Yaseen Alhashem; Hassan Altaweel; Adam Ahmad Alkhars; Mohammed Abdulmajeed Alghadeer; Mohammed Ramzi AlGhadeer; Amer Hussain Alhamrani; Amer Hussain Alhamrani; Ahmad Essa Alhejji; Ali Hussain Alrufayi; Mohammed Qasem Alalwan; Naif Alhamam; Khaled Yassen

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Volume 6 Issue 8 - 2020

COVID 19 Infection and the Risk to the Elderly. A Narrative Review

Abdullah Fahmi Al Khars¹, Hussain Ali Alameer¹, Hussain Yaseen Alhashem¹, Hassan Altaweel¹, Adam Ahmad Alkhars¹, Mohammed Abdulmajeed Alghadeer¹, Mohammed Ramzi AlGhadeer¹, Amer Hussain Alhamrani¹, Hussain Mohammed Alhiwaishil¹, Ahmad Essa Alhejji¹, Ali Hussain Alrufayi¹, Mohammed Qasem Alalwan¹, Naif Alhamam²and Khaled Yassen³*

¹Internship Physician, 2019 Graduates Study Group, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Alhassa, Hofufu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

²Orthopaedic/Surgery Department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Alhassa, Hofufu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

³Associate Professor, Anaesthesia/Surgery Department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Alhassa, Hofufu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

*Corresponding Author: Khaled Yassen, Associate Professor, Anaesthesia/Surgery Department, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Alhassa, Hofufu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Received: July 06, 2020; Published: July 29, 2020

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel coronavirus named by the WHO as a pandemic disease as a result of its wide spread globally during the last few month. Elderly (> 60 year) patients with different comorbidities have a higher risk to contract the virus. The aim of this study is to review the recent studies regarding COVID 19 infection in elderly in terms of clinical features, risk mortality, isolation, and psychological effects that could affect their clinical management. A systematic narrative literature review of the clinical features, risks and consequences of the new COVID-19 on the elderly was carried out using online databases. Recent and related articles were retrieved mainly from Google Scholar and PubMed search. Elderly are more susceptible to develop severe forms of COVID-19 infection. The frailty in this geriatric group is attributable to their unique immune, physical and psycho-social vulnerabilities. This represent a significant risk for elderly during this COVID 19 virus pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Elderly; 2019-nCoV; Clinical; Risks

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Citation: Khaled Yassen., et al. “COVID 19 Infection and the Risk to the Elderly. A Narrative Review”. EC Anaesthesia 6.8 (2020): 06-09.

Copyright: © 2020 Khaled Yassen., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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