[Features of 164 SARS-CoV-2 (+) patients consulting at an emergency room]. / Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes.
Rev Med Chil
; 148(8): 1096-1104, 2020 Aug.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1044939
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The clinical manifestations, mortality rates, laboratory and imaging findings of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not yet fully elucidated.AIM:
To describe the clinical manifestations, imaging and laboratory findings of 164 SARS-CoV-2 (+) patients consulting at an emergency room of a public general hospital in Santiago, Chile. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Review of medical records, imaging and laboratory results of 164 patients aged between 16 and 92 years (57.9% males) consulting at the emergency room between March 12 and April 27, 2020.RESULTS:
The most common presenting symptom was dry cough in 47% of patients, followed by headache in 42% and myalgias in 42%. Forty five percent referred contact with an infected patient or having travelled out of town. Thirty-three (20%) required hospital admission and 5% required admission to an intensive care unit.CONCLUSIONS:
These patients were predominantly young, and their most common symptoms were dry cough, headache and myalgias.
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Emergency Service, Hospital
/
COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
/
Observational study
/
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Adult
/
Aged
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
/
Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
South America
/
Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev Med Chil
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S0034-98872020000801096
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS