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cord-330918-hsy8h1vb	Song, Jia	A Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Elderly and Younger Patients with COVID-19	2020-07-28		.txt	text/plain	2940	158	50	BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and compare these parameters in an elderly group with those in a younger group. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics, as well as the treatments and outcomes of a series of hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19, and to compare these parameters in an elderly group (aged ≥ 60 years) with those in a younger group (aged < 60 years). This retrospective, single-center observational study included patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who were admitted to the Puai Hospital in Wuhan, China, from January 14, 2020 to February 26, 2020. This single-center observational study included 69 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID 19, and clinical characteristics and outcomes were compared between elderly patients (aged ³60 years) and younger patients (aged <60 years).	./cache/cord-330918-hsy8h1vb.txt	./txt/cord-330918-hsy8h1vb.txt