Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T86 |
0-263 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Similar to the observations in patients who developed COVID-19 in the general population, our cohort was predominantly male (64%), 60 years of age or older (89%), had high-risk comorbidities for COVID-19 (78%), and most resided at an extended care facility (64%). |
T87 |
264-348 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Of note, twenty-one (58%) of the patients in this cohort also had comorbid dementia. |
T88 |
349-630 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A recent retrospective study of 627 subjects admitted to an acute hospital in northern Italy yielded 82 patients (13%) who carried a prior diagnosis of dementia, but with a staggering 62% mortality rate, as compared to 26% in patients without dementia at the same institution [16]. |
T89 |
631-713 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Of the thirteen patients in our cohort who died, nine (69%) had comorbid dementia. |
T90 |
714-799 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The overall mortality rate in our cohort for patients with comorbid dementia was 43%. |
T91 |
800-902 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This was higher than the mortality rate of patients with a parkinsonism in this cohort, which was 37%. |
T92 |
903-1118 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In comparison, a study of 191 inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, yielded a mortality rate of 67% for those with known high-risk medical comorbidities, and 33% for those without any of these comorbidities [3]. |
T93 |
1119-1284 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In two large studies, overall mortality rates for patients with COVID-19 admitted to hospitals in China and the United Kingdom were 28% and 26%, respectively [3,17]. |
T94 |
1285-1564 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Thus, although dementia and parkinsonism in our cohort were associated with significant mortality, higher than that reported in general populations, the rates were not as high as has been reported in patients with other comorbidities known to correlate with unfavorable outcomes. |
T95 |
1565-1803 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Within our cohort of patients with movement disorders, factors related to increased mortality were age over 60 years, PD or parkinsonism diagnosis, residing in an extended care facility, comorbid dementia, and comorbid medical conditions. |