Clinical-epidemiological characterization of adult patients positive to COVID-19 in Holgu..n province
Gaceta Medica Estudiantil
; 3(1), 2022.
Article
in Spanish
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2262724
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
COVID-19 is caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, identified in the city of Wuhan, China at the end of 2019. The exponential increase in cases forced the World Health Organization to declare it as a pandemic.Background:
to clinically and epidemiologically characterize adult patients confirmed to have COVID-19 in a Family Doctor's Office in Holgu..n.Method:
a retrospective, observational, cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out in adult patients confirmed with COVID-19, in the Family Doctor's Office No. 7 of the "M..ximo G..mez B..ez" Teaching Polyclinic in the period from January to August 2021. The population and the sample were coincident, with a total of 81 patients.Results:
patients in the age range of 50 to 59 years represented 23.45%;and 64.20% of the total were female. 83.95% presented symptoms of the disease and 97.53% were locally acquired. Arterial hypertension was present in 25.93%. 95.06% of the patients studied recovered from the disease.Conclusions:
patients in the age range of 50 to 59 years, female, symptomatic and locally acquired COVID cases prevailed. The most frequent comorbidity was arterial hypertension. Most patients recovered.
Prion; Viral; Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210], Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries [VV600], human diseases, adults, coronavirus disease 2019, public health, epidemiology, clinical aspects, characterization, viral diseases, pandemics, retrospective studies, cross-sectional studies, observational studies, middle-aged adults, women, symptoms, blood pressure, hypertension, comorbidity, man, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Cuba, Homo, Hominidae, primates, mammals, vertebrates, Chordata, animals, eukaryotes, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Coronavirinae, Coronaviridae, Nidovirales, positive-sense ssRNA Viruses, ssRNA Viruses, RNA Viruses, viruses, Greater Antilles, Antilles, Caribbean, America, high Human Development Index countries, Latin America, upper-middle income countries, SARS-CoV-2, clinical picture, viral infections, high blood pressure
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CAB Abstracts
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Gaceta Medica Estudiantil
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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