Clinical-epidemiological behavior of post-COVID-19 syndrome in patients at Andres Ortiz Polyclinic, 2021
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de La Habana
; 61(285), 2022.
Article
in Spanish
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2303794
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
post-COVID-19 syndrome is the set of signs and symptoms that develop during or after an infection compatible with COVID-19, that persist for more than 12 weeks and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis.Background:
to characterize the clinical-epidemiological behavior of the post-COVID-19 syndrome in patients at the Andres Ortiz Polyclinic.Method:
a descriptive and cross-sectional observational study was carried out from October to December 2021, in a population of 51 subjects that was studied in its entirety. The analysis was descriptive.Results:
patients with 50-59 years (n = 20;39.2%), female (n = 32;62.7%) predominated. The most frequently affected organ system was the respiratory (n = 19;37.2%), while the symptoms were chronic fatigue (n = 15;29.4%), shortness of breath (n = 11;21.5%) and cough (n = 8, 15.6%). Among the patients with respiratory (n = 30), cardiovascular (n = 24) and neurological (n = 10) diseases, the most frequent were, respectively pulmonary fibrosis (n = 17;56.7%), cardiac arrhythmias (n = 11;45.8%) and peripheral neuropathies (n = 5;50%).Conclusions:
post-COVID-19 syndrome occurred mainly between the ages of 50 and 59, in female patients, with symptoms of chronic fatigue, shortness of breath and cough, as well as pulmonary fibrosis, cardiac arrhythmias and peripheral neuropathies as main comorbidities.
Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries [VV600]; Prion; Viral; Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]; arrhythmia; cardiovascular diseases; cardiovascular system; clinical aspects; comorbidity; coronavirus disease 2019; cough; cross-sectional studies; dyspnoea; epidemiology; fatigue; fibrosis; human diseases; lungs; nervous system; nervous system diseases; observational studies; patients; peripheral nerves; peripheral nervous system diseases; respiratory diseases; respiratory system; symptoms; viral diseases; women; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Cuba; Greater Antilles; Antilles; Caribbean; America; high Human Development Index countries; Latin America; upper-middle income countries; 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; post-acute COVID-19 syndrome; circulatory system; clinical picture; dyspnea; tiredness; neuropathy; nerves; lung diseases; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections
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Database:
CAB Abstracts
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de La Habana
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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