Covid is deadlier for the demented – Latest news – news


14 January 2023 at 07:10 Study: Covid is deadlier for the demented A new Swedish study among 5,000 patients shows that people with dementia have a higher risk of dying from covid-19 than others, writes SVT. Mortality was almost 70 per cent higher among the demented than among other patients, the study from the Karolinska Institutet shows. Professor Dorota Religa tells Sveriges Radio that knowledge about this is important when the healthcare system is to facilitate patients and their relatives in the final phase of life.



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