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  • For Seniors Especially, Covid Can Be Stealthy

    08/08/2021 3:05:54 AM PDT · by blueplum · 23 replies
    NYTimes ^ | 07 Jul 2021 | Paula Span
    ... a large-scale new study in the Journals of Gerontology provides a timely warning: Covid can look different in older patients..... ...when the researchers combed through the electronic health records of nearly 5,000 people, all over the age of 65, who were hospitalized for Covid at a dozen Northwell hospitals in March and April of 2020, they found that one-third had arrived with other symptoms, unexpected ones. The team, searching through records using language software, found that about one-quarter of older patients reported a functional decline. “This was falls, fatigue, weakness, difficulty walking or getting out of bed,” Dr. Marziliano...