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Objective: to describe the clinical-epidemiological profile of patients hospitalized with the new coronavirus, who died at a referral hospital for infectious diseases. Method: cross-sectional study, conducted in a public hospital in the State of Ceara, Brazil, from January to March 2021, through access to the 244 medical records of patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19, with confirmatory examination of RT-PCR, rapid test, serology or tomography, between March and December 2020, and who evolved to death during hospitalization. Results: public formed by men, aged 60 years or older, married/stable union, retired, residing in the capital, with associated hypertension and diabetes, who died in March and June, in the ward. The main signs and symptoms at admission, they were oxygen saturation in ambient air below 92%, dyspnea, severe acute respiratory syndrome and fever;the main clinical indication for admission was respiratory failure;and the main therapeutic regimen used was a combination of other antibiotics, anticoagulants, azithromycin, corticosteroids and chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine. Conclusion: the study reveals a population of men, over 60 years of age, with a double burden of chronic non-communicable disease.
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The study aims to observe the perception of home office work and the behavior of employees of a credit union. A descriptive, survey and case study, quantitative/qualitative research was carried out. Data collection and analysis took place through interviews and forms. The results indicate that this type of work has shown positive and negative aspects. Regarding the positive aspects, several employees highlight the practicality and economy. However, the main negative points deal with the difficulty in adapting to the sharing of space between work and family. The research contributes to companies, as it enables the construction of strategies to improve the quality of life of workers and productivity in this modality.