Tough Decisions During the COVID 19 Pandemic: A Frail Latino Patient

Authors

Irma Huayanay, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Stephanie Luu, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2020

Abstract

The pandemic of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had overwhelmed the healthcare system worldwide with multiple ethical dilemmas. Several tools have been used to assess risk factors in these patients. One of them, the Clinical Frailty scale, has shown good correlation between the patient functional status and hospital stay with overall mortality. We present a case were the Clinical Frailty Scale was used to assess patient management and goals of care.

Recommended Citation

Huayanay, I., & Luu, S. (2020). Tough Decisions During the COVID 19 Pandemic: A Frail Latino Patient. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721420970336

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Publication Title

Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

DOI

10.1177/2333721420970336

Academic Level

resident

Mentor/PI Department

Internal Medicine