[Analysis of the demand for detection of SARSCoV-2 in a health area of Spain]. / Análisis de la demanda de detección de SARS-CoV-2 en un área de salud de España.
Rev Esp Quimioter
; 33(6): 422-429, 2020 Dec.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1390021
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Since the discovery of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the polymerase chain reaction technique (RT-PCR) has become the fundamental method for diagnosing the disease in its acute phase. The objective is to describe the demand-based series of RT-PCR determinations received at a Microbiology Service at a third-level reference hospital for a health area for three months spanning from the onset of the epidemic by SARS-CoV-2.METHODS:
A retrospective analysis of the total of the RT-PCR requested in the Microbiology Service analyzed from 02/25/2020 to 05/26/2020 (90 days) has been carried out. They have been grouped by epidemiological weeks and by the petitioner service. A descriptive analysis was carried out by age, gender and number of requests for each patient. In the tests carried out, a confidence level of 95% (p <0.05) was considered significant.RESULTS:
A total of 27,106 requests was received corresponding to 22,037 patients. Median age 53.7 (RIC 40.9-71.7) years, women 61.3%. Proportion of patients with any positive RT-PCR 14%. Of the total requests for RT-PCR, positive 3,710. Week 13 had the highest diagnosis performance (39.0%). The primary care has been the service thar has made the most requests (15,953). Patients with 3 or more RT-PCR 565, of them, 19 patients had a positive result after previously having a negative one.CONCLUSIONS:
Requests have been increasing depending on the evolution of the epidemic. The RT-PCR has a high diagnostic performance in the phases of highest contagiousness and / or transmissibility of the virus.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Pandemics
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev Esp Quimioter
Journal subject:
Drug Therapy
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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