The effect of age on fever response among nursing home residents with SARS-COV-2 infection

Moniyka Sachar; Tom Bayer; Frank DeVone; Chris Halladay; Kevin McConeghy; Salaheldin Elhamamsy; Ashna Rajan; Marilyne Cadieux; Mriganka Singh; Aman Nanda; James L Rudolph; Lynn McNicoll; Sevdenur Cizginer; Stefan Gravenstein

doi:10.1007/s40520-021-02048-x

The effect of age on fever response among nursing home residents with SARS-COV-2 infection

Aging Clin Exp Res. 2022 Mar;34(3):691-693. doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-02048-x. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

Authors

Moniyka Sachar^{1

2

3}, Tom Bayer^{4

5}, Frank DeVone^{4

5}, Chris Halladay^{4

5}, Kevin McConeghy^{4

5}, Salaheldin Elhamamsy^{4

5}, Ashna Rajan^{4

5}, Marilyne Cadieux^{4

5}, Mriganka Singh⁶, Aman Nanda^{4

5}, James L Rudolph^{4

5}, Lynn McNicoll^{4

5}, Sevdenur Cizginer^{4

5}, Stefan Gravenstein^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, USA. [email protected].
² Providence VA Medical Center COIN-LTSS, Providence, USA. [email protected].
³ Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, USA. [email protected].
⁴ Providence VA Medical Center COIN-LTSS, Providence, USA.
⁵ Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, USA.
⁶ University Hospitals-Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA.

Abstract

Over 15,000 veterans in 135 VA nursing homes were systematically tested for SARS-CoV-2 and had daily temperatures assessed from March to August, 2020. Lower baseline temperatures, and in SARS-CoV-2+ , lower maximum temperatures were observed with advancing age. Clinicians should be aware of the potential diminished fever response in the elderly with SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords: Aging; Covid; SARS-COV-2.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / diagnosis
Fever* / etiology
Humans
Nursing Homes
SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

MeSH terms

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