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cord-266713-rghowch1	Reyes-Bueno, JA	Case fatality of COVID-19 in patients with neurodegenerative dementia	2020-10-07		.txt	text/plain	2799	181	52	DISCUSSION Our results suggest that case fatality of COVID-19 is significantly higher among patients with primary degenerative dementia than in other patients with similar mean ages and comorbidities. S a m p l e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s COVID-19 was diagnosed according to the classification of the Spanish Ministry of Health: confirmed cases (patients with positive RT-PCR results for SARS-CoV-2) and probable cases (patients with a severe acute respiratory infection requiring hospitalisation and with clinical and radiological characteristics compatible with COVID-19, in the absence of RT-PCR confirmation). 13 These results are similar to our own: we found a COVID-19-associated case fatality rate of 43.4% in patients with dementia; this was significantly higher than the rate in the control group. Heart diseases were more prevalent in the group of patients with primary degenerative dementia, and were associated with a statistically significant increase in the mortality rate. Our study suggests that the case fatality of COVID-19 is significantly higher in patients with primary degenerative dementia than among other patients with similar ages and comorbidities.	./cache/cord-266713-rghowch1.txt	./txt/cord-266713-rghowch1.txt