Features of patients admitted for COVID-19 at a regional hospital in the Chilean Araucania region
Revista Medica de Chile
; 149(11):1568-1576, 2021.
Article
in Spanish
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1787054
ABSTRACT
Background:
The Araucania region in Chile had the greatest COVID-19 incidence and lethality in ChileAim:
To describe the clinical characteristics and evolution of patients admitted for COVID-19 in a high complexity Hospital in the region of La Araucan..a-Chile. Material andMethods:
Review of medical records of the first 169 patients aged 55 .. 17 years (50% women) admitted for COVID-19 between march and may, 2020 at a regional hospital in Temuco Chile.
9007-73-2; viral diseases; human diseases; coronavirus disease 2019; clinical aspects; patients; hospital admission; pandemics; public health; hospitals; disease incidence; mortality; epidemiology; diabetes; hypertension; comorbidity; obesity; symptoms; cough; dyspnoea; diarrhoea; vomiting; biochemical markers; ferritin; intensive care; intensive care units; severe course; prognosis; prognostic markers; hospital stay; artificial respiration; risk factors; disease course; acute course; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; man; Chile; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Andean Group; APEC countries; high income countries; Latin America; America; South America; very high Human Development Index countries; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections; clinical picture; death rate; high blood pressure; fatness; dyspnea; diarrhea; scouring; biomarkers; critical care; disease progression
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Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Revista Medica de Chile
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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