Leah Witt Discusses Care of Geriatric Patients in the Time of COVID-19
UCSF geriatrician and pulmonologist Leah Witt, MD, discusses how to identify high-risk senior patients, the most common course of the disease, useful monitoring methods and important follow-up on hospitalized patients after discharge. She also offers guidance on talking to geriatric patients about their wishes should they become critically ill, as well as resources for doctors and patients.