Older adults with epilepsy and COVID-19: Outcomes in a multi-hospital health system
Ufongene C, Van Hyfte G, Agarwal P, Goldstein J, Mathew B, Navis A, McCarthy L, Kwon C, Gururangan K, Balchandani P, Marcuse L, Naasan G, Singh A, Young J, Charney A, Nadkarni G, Jette N, Blank L, Group S. Older adults with epilepsy and COVID-19: Outcomes in a multi-hospital health system. Seizure 2023, 114: 33-39. PMID: 38039805, PMCID: PMC10841585, DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.11.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational Classification of DiseasesLength of stayOlder adultsDischarge dispositionHigher in-hospital mortalityHealth systemIn-hospital deathIn-hospital mortalityMulti-hospital health systemOdds of in-hospital deathAssociated with increased oddsAssociated with increased odds of in-hospital deathNew York health systemMultivariate logistic regression modelClassification of DiseasesConsecutive older patientsAssociated with higher in-hospital mortalityLogistic regression modelsCompare in-hospital outcomesFactors associated with mortalityNon-routine discharge dispositionAssociated with higher ratesOlder peopleInternational ClassificationAdmitted with COVID-19In‐hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID‐19—A cohort study
Ufongene C, Van Hyfte G, Agarwal P, Blank L, Goldstein J, Mathew B, Lin J, Navis A, McCarthy L, Gururangan K, Peschansky V, Kwon C, Cohen A, Chan A, Dhamoon M, Deng P, Gutzwiller E, Hao Q, He C, Nunez W, Klenofsky B, Lemus H, Marcuse L, Roberts M, Schorr E, Singh A, Tantillo G, Young J, Balchandani P, Festa J, Naasan G, Charney A, Nadkarni G, Jetté N. In‐hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID‐19—A cohort study. Epilepsia 2023, 64: 2725-2737. PMID: 37452760, DOI: 10.1111/epi.17715.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayNon-routine dischargeCharlson Comorbidity IndexIn-hospital outcomesHigher Charlson comorbidity indexFactors associated with higher oddsIntensive care unitInternational Classification of DiseasesOlder ageAssociated with COVID-19 mortalityRegression modelsClassification of DiseasesDecreased LOSLonger length of stayLogistic regression modelsAssociated with mortalityHealth systemOrdinary least squares regression modelsCOVID-19 mortalityOlder adultsRetrospective study of patientsInternational ClassificationHigher oddsMulticenter health systemEvaluate in-hospital outcomes