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Impact of lockdown on bed occupancy rate in a referral hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in northeast Brazil
Lino, Danielli Oliveira da Costa; Barreto, Renato; Souza, Francisco Daniel de; Lima, Carlos José Mota de; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde ColetivaJunior, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva.
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  • Lino, Danielli Oliveira da Costa; Hospital do Coração de Messejana. Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza. BR
  • Barreto, Renato; Hospital do Coração de Messejana. Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza. BR
  • Souza, Francisco Daniel de; Hospital do Coração de Messejana. Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza. BR
  • Lima, Carlos José Mota de; Hospital do Coração de Messejana. Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Ceará. Fortaleza. BR
  • Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde ColetivaJunior, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva; Universidade de Fortaleza. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde ColetivaJunior, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva. Fortaleza. BR
Braz. j. infect. dis ; 24(5): 466-469, Sept.-Oct. 2020. graf
Article en En | LILACS, ColecionaSUS | ID: biblio-1142563
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ABSTRACT
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.
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Texto completo: 1 Índice: LILACS Asunto principal: Neumonía Viral / Infecciones por Coronavirus / Pandemias Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: America do sul / Asia / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Braz. j. infect. dis Asunto de la revista: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Índice: LILACS Asunto principal: Neumonía Viral / Infecciones por Coronavirus / Pandemias Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: America do sul / Asia / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Braz. j. infect. dis Asunto de la revista: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article