23.09.2020:
We present a case history of a patient with severe dementia and COVID-19 who had a prolonged and fluctuating course of illness. The PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 alternated between positive and negative results, which complicated the diagnosis and choice of isolation regime. A man in his sixties with...
04.11.2019:
Various studies report a prevalence of depression at diagnostic level in older people (commonly defined as ≥ 60 years or ≥ 65 years) of 1–5 % (1). Depressive symptoms that combined fail to satisfy the criteria for depression at a diagnostic level may occur up to 2–3 times more frequently than...