ABSTRACT
Aim: The issue of body weight has left a deep mark on the COVID-19 pandemic, where this category of patients has been linked to significant increases in morbidity and mortality due to infection. Conversely, due to the restrictions imposed, the pandemic has worsened the situation of overweight people. Our study conducted over a period of one year and five months aims to assess the prevalence of obesity among patients with SARS-COV2 infection in Constanta County. Material(s) and Method(s): This retrospective study included a number of 177 patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of SARS-COV2 infection in the Clinical Hospital of Pneumoftiziology Constanta. Result(s): 2483 of patients confirmed with SARS-COV2 infection were identified in our Department, out of which 302 had a body mass index over 30 kg/m2. We included a random sample of 95 men and 82 women in a database. The average age was 55 years. The most common comorbidities were hypertension (48%), diabetes (13%), and cardiovascular disease (12%). The most common symptoms were fever (67%), cough (58%), dyspnea (37%), and asthenia (29%). The radiological appearance showed the predominance of the moderate form (49%) and the severe form (22%). Antibiotic treatment was based on third-generation cephalosporins (53%), and the evolution was for improvement with a survival rate of 86%. Only one death was reported in our study. Conclusion(s): The body mass index influences the evolution of infected cases. Old age, male gender and associated comorbidities are risk factors for a poorer prognosis and greater complications in patients with SARS-COV2. Copyright © 2021 Andrei Denisa-Gabriela et al., published by Sciendo.
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 risk of infection from someone who does not pose a kind of symptoms is very small;it is possible to get COVID-19 from someone who has a mild cough without feeling sick. The elderly and people with pre-existing medical conditions (high blood pressure, heart disease or diabetes) appear to develop a severe form of the disease, more often than the other categories. By September 7, in Romania, 95,897 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed. 40,454 patients were declared cured and 12,339 asymptomatic patients were discharged 10 days after detection. On September 8, 883 were found of new cases of people infected with SARS-VOC-2. Coronavirus strains are viruses of the class are seven in number, including the 2019-nCoV. Four of the strains cause common colds, while the others have led to epidemics: SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which erupted in China in 2002 and spread globally in 2003;MERS ( Middle East respiratory Syndrome) - was discovered in 2012 in Saudi Arabia;Covid-19 (coronavirus disease that wAS discovered 2019) -, disease triggered by the coronavirus that has was discovered in 2019;new strain of coronavirus was first identified in the city 's Wuhan, Hubei Province and China (in December 2019).