THE RELATIONSHIP OF COVID-19 MORTALITY AND PROGNOSTIC NUTRITIONAL INDEX IN GERIATRIC POPULATION
Introduction: We aimed to investigate the effect of Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) on prognosis and mortality among elderly patients with COVID-19 infection. Methods: 401 patients included in the study, all of them were over 65 years old. PNI was compared with laboratory and demographic data. Results: Analysis was made of 401 patients, comprising 181 (45%) females and median age of 75.8±7.7 years. Three hundred and two (75.4%) patients were in the recovered group. Mean PNI value was 41.9±5.9 in the recovered group and 36.9±7 in the exitus group (p
Authors
- Ebru Özenç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-4373)
- Güneş Arık (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4766-3982)
- İhsan Ateş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2858-6229)
- Mercan TAŞTEMUR (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0320-4095)
- Kamile Sılay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0384-4957)
- Rana Tuna Doğrul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9470-5113)
- Hande Selvi Öztorun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0343-8510)
- Hilal Heybeli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1161-2961)
- Atacan Aras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-7285)
Institutions
- University of Health Science (KH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sağlık Akademisi Kastamonu
- Published
- 2024-12-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25279/sak.1163623
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00