Abstract

FIRPO, A. Soledad et al. Clinical-epidemiological profile of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Coronel Suárez, Argentina. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2022, vol.82, n.5, pp.684-688. ISSN 0025-7680.

To contribute to the study of the disease, data were recorded from all hospitalized patients in the Clinical Medicine room of Hospital Municipal Dr. Raúl Caccavo, Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires province, diagnosed with COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemia (March 2020 to March 2021), the only health institution where patients were hospitalized in our city. A descriptive and retrospective transversal cut study was carried out with 178 patients (average age: 61 years old, range: 9 months -96 years), 90% of them hospitalized for a respiratory cause. The most prevalent co-morbilities were arterial hypertension (40%), diabetes (17%), obesity (16%), cardiovascular pathology (8%), COPD (8%), and cancer (5%). The average number of hospitalization days was 10. Out of the 178 COVID-19 diagnosed patients, 154 (86%) presented pneumonia and 14% required intensive care. Of the patients in the ICU, 94% needed MVA and 46% died. The overall number of deceased patients was 15%. The general lethality in the city of Coronel Suárez until 03/31/2021 was 0.9%. All patients hospitalized for respiratory causes were subjected to a thorax tomography, and 69% of them presented bilateral infiltration in ground glass. The laboratory tests revealed leucopenia in 15% of the patients and thrombocytopenia in 3% of them. These data could be an input for the development of COVID-19 clinical prediction models, although more evidence will be needed for that end.

Keywords : Coronavirus infection; Pandemic; Epidemiology; COVID-19; Hospitalization; SARS-CoV-2; Pneumonia.

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