TY - JOUR
T1 - Prognostication and Proactive Planning in COVID-19
AU - Newport, Kristina B.
AU - Malhotra, Sonia
AU - Widera, Eric
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Accurate prognostication is challenging in the setting of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, due to rapidly changing data, studies that are not generalizable, and lack of morbidity and functional outcomes in survivors. To provide meaningful guidance to patients, existing mortality data must be considered and appropriately applied. Although most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will recover, mortality increases with age and comorbidity in those who develop severe illness.
AB - Accurate prognostication is challenging in the setting of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, due to rapidly changing data, studies that are not generalizable, and lack of morbidity and functional outcomes in survivors. To provide meaningful guidance to patients, existing mortality data must be considered and appropriately applied. Although most people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will recover, mortality increases with age and comorbidity in those who develop severe illness.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.04.152
DO - 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.04.152
M3 - Article
C2 - 32389604
AN - SCOPUS:85084617284
SN - 0885-3924
VL - 60
SP - e52-e55
JO - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
JF - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
IS - 2
ER -