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
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
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10.1016/j.rec.2020.05.001
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Martinez-Selles, Manuel
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作者：
Bonanad, Clara;Garcia-Blas, Sergio;Martinez-Selles, Manuel
SARS-CoV-2感染，又称COVID-19（冠状病毒感染性疾病-19），于2019年12月首次发现。西班牙于2020年1月31日诊断出首例感染病例，截至2020年4月15日，已造成18579人死亡，尤其是老年人。由于这种疾病的情况迅速发展，本文中报告的数据可能会进行修改。老年人口特别容易感染COVID-19并发展为严重疾病。老年人发病率和死亡率较高与合并症，特别是心血管疾病和虚弱有关，这削弱了免疫反应。由于受影响国家的数量和病例的数量，目前的情况构成了一种持续的大流行病和重大的卫生紧急情况。由于西班牙是世界上老年人口最多的国家之一，COVID-19已成为老年人的紧急情况。本文件由西班牙心脏病学会老年心脏病学分会和西班牙老年医学和老年学学会联合编写。(C)2020年西班牙心脏病学会。由Elsevier Espana出版，S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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. (C) 2020 Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. All rights reserved.