PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Saket Saxena
AU  - Ardeshir Z. Hashmi
TI  - COVID-19 in older adults
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.88a.ccc080
DP  - 2021 Sep 16
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2021/09/14/ccjm.88a.ccc080.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2021/09/14/ccjm.88a.ccc080.full
AB  - The impact of COVID-19 varies by age group, and it has become clear that individuals over 65 years are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 both in terms of severity of illness and mortality. Atypical presentations in older adults may result from pathophysiologic changes during aging and immune dysregulation because of the cumulative impact of chronic comorbidities. Herein we review the different clinical presentations of illness for older adults, the unique challenges faced by this population, and strategies for treatment.