We read with great interest the article by Lidoriki et al.[1] aboutnutritional and functional status as a prognostic factors in elderly pa-tients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).The authors, mentioning previous studies[2,3], propose a prog-nostic association between nutritional and functional status of patientsand prognosis after COVID-19 infection.We want to share our preliminary data which seem to confirm thishypothesis which we believe strongly.
Recinella, G., Marasco, G., Di Battista, A., Bianchi, G., Zoli, M. (2020). Prognostic role of nutritional status in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19. MEDICAL HYPOTHESES, 144, 1-2 [10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110016].
Prognostic role of nutritional status in elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19
Recinella, Guerino
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;Marasco, GiovanniWriting – Review & Editing
;Di Battista, AntoniaWriting – Review & Editing
;Bianchi, GiampaoloWriting – Review & Editing
;Zoli, MarcoSupervision
2020
Abstract
We read with great interest the article by Lidoriki et al.[1] aboutnutritional and functional status as a prognostic factors in elderly pa-tients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).The authors, mentioning previous studies[2,3], propose a prog-nostic association between nutritional and functional status of patientsand prognosis after COVID-19 infection.We want to share our preliminary data which seem to confirm thishypothesis which we believe strongly.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
