Impact of lockdown on bed occupancy rate in a referral hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in northeast Brazil

Abstract Coronaviruses are known to be responsible for infections in humans since the 1960s and have accounted for epidemics in recent human history. More recently, in 2019, a disease caused by a new coronavirus appeared in China, in the province of Wuhan, with a characteristic of greater infectivity, called COVID-19, which has caused a new world pandemic. Considering the need to contain the advance in the number of cases, based on the high rate of transmissibility, several countries have adopted extreme social distancing measures, including the so-called 'lockdown'. Despite the socioeconomic side effects, the aforementioned measure reduced the progression of the pandemic in countries that adopted it. In Brazil, the state of Ceará was one of the first epicenters of the disease in the country and the state capital city of Fortaleza, on May 8, implemented the lockdown measure to contain the increase in the number of cases. It was then observed, in a tertiary hospital, which is a referral for COVID-19 cases, a decrease in the daily occupancy rate of beds reserved for the pandemic after the lockdown onset, evidencing that this measure leads to a sustainable reduction in bed occupation rates, thus preventing the collapse and overload in health services.

Endomiocardiofibrose como causa rara de insuficiência mitral: relato de caso e revisão da literatura / Endomyocardial fibrosis as a rare cause of mitral insufficiency: case study and literature review

Paciente M.B.L., feminina, 62 anos, portadora de insuficiência cardíaca prévia (etiologia indefinida), apresentou-se agudamente com dispneia aos esforços e déficit neurológico súbito. O ecocardiograma evidenciou insuficiência mitral moderada e obliteração infiltrativado ventrículo esquerdo. Realizou-se ventriculografia, confirmando aspecto sugestivo de endomiocardiofibrose. Optou-se por tratamento clínico (atual NYHA I), com boa resposta. Objetiva-se descrever caso clínico incomum e aspectos gerais desta entidade de acordo com as mais recentes atualizações.

Case study of a female patient, 62 years old, with prior heart failure (etiology not defined) presenting dyspnea acutely on exertion, and sudden neurological deficit. An echocardiogram showed moderate mitral failure and left ventricular infiltrative obliteration. Ventriculography confirmed an appearance suggestive of endomyocardial fibrosis. Medical treatment (current NYHA I) was selected, with good response. The intention is to present a clinical study of an unusual case with general aspects of this entity according to the latest updates.