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Risk for COVID-19 Increased for Patients With Dementia – HealthDay News
Risk for COVID-19 higher for Blacks versus Whites with dementia; patients with dementia and COVID-19 have high hospitalization, mortality risks
TUESDAY, Feb. 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients with dementia have an increased risk for COVID-19, with the strongest effect seen for vascular dementia, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.
QuanQiu Wang, from the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and colleagues conducted a retrospective case-control analysis of patient electronic health records for 61.9 million adult and senior patients in the United States to examine the risk, disparity, and outcomes…
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