Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation
Introduction: in a short period of time, the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has caused a global health problem of great magnitude. Therefore, it was necessary to enable new medical consultations to limit contact between sick and healthy patients. Objective: to characterize suspected COVID-19 patients...
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| author | Roine Alberto Pena-Olivera Ana Laura Navarro-Baldellot Samuel Sánchez-Sánchez Dairy García-Linares |
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| description | Introduction: in a short period of time, the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has caused a global health problem of great magnitude. Therefore, it was necessary to enable new medical consultations to limit contact between sick and healthy patients.
Objective: to characterize suspected COVID-19 patients who attended the acute respiratory infection clinic in the municipality of Rodas, Cienfuegos between August and September 2021.
Method: an observational, descriptive cross-sectional study of suspected cases of COVID-19 treated in the acute respiratory infection consultation belonging to the municipality of Rodas, Cienfuegos, between August and September 2021, was carried out. The universe consisted of 80 patients, working with the whole. Descriptive statistics were used.
Results: the male sex prevailed (53,75 %) and the age group 60 years and over (25 %). In 64 patients (80 %) the source of infection was specified. Arterial hypertension prevailed as personal pathological antecedents in 28,75 %; 57,50 % of the patients were positive to the antigen test. In the series, the predominant symptoms were asthenia (60 %), fever (58,75 %) and cough (51,25 %).
Conclusions: male patients, older adults and hypertensive patients represented the largest number of cases that attended the consultation, and most of them were contacts of confirmed cases with positive antigen tests. The symptomatology turned out to be mild in most of the subjects studied. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-630510474e604adba1f2bd24c82e32ab2023-09-03T07:53:21ZengUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del RíoUniversidad Médica Pinareña1990-79902022-01-01181e819e819610Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultationRoine Alberto Pena-Olivera0Ana Laura Navarro-Baldellot1Samuel Sánchez-Sánchez2Dairy García-Linares3Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Facultad de Medicina. CienfuegosUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Facultad de Medicina. CienfuegosUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Hospital General “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. CienfuegosUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Facultad de Estomatología. CienfuegosIntroduction: in a short period of time, the pandemic caused by COVID-19 has caused a global health problem of great magnitude. Therefore, it was necessary to enable new medical consultations to limit contact between sick and healthy patients. Objective: to characterize suspected COVID-19 patients who attended the acute respiratory infection clinic in the municipality of Rodas, Cienfuegos between August and September 2021. Method: an observational, descriptive cross-sectional study of suspected cases of COVID-19 treated in the acute respiratory infection consultation belonging to the municipality of Rodas, Cienfuegos, between August and September 2021, was carried out. The universe consisted of 80 patients, working with the whole. Descriptive statistics were used. Results: the male sex prevailed (53,75 %) and the age group 60 years and over (25 %). In 64 patients (80 %) the source of infection was specified. Arterial hypertension prevailed as personal pathological antecedents in 28,75 %; 57,50 % of the patients were positive to the antigen test. In the series, the predominant symptoms were asthenia (60 %), fever (58,75 %) and cough (51,25 %). Conclusions: male patients, older adults and hypertensive patients represented the largest number of cases that attended the consultation, and most of them were contacts of confirmed cases with positive antigen tests. The symptomatology turned out to be mild in most of the subjects studied.https://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/819covid-19sars-cov-2infecciones del sistema respiratoriocondiciones patológicas, signos y síntomassignos y síntomas |
| spellingShingle | Roine Alberto Pena-Olivera Ana Laura Navarro-Baldellot Samuel Sánchez-Sánchez Dairy García-Linares Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation Universidad Médica Pinareña covid-19 sars-cov-2 infecciones del sistema respiratorio condiciones patológicas, signos y síntomas signos y síntomas |
| title | Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation |
| title_full | Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation |
| title_short | Characterization of patients suspected of COVID-19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation |
| title_sort | characterization of patients suspected of covid 19 treated in an acute respiratory infections medical consultation |
| topic | covid-19 sars-cov-2 infecciones del sistema respiratorio condiciones patológicas, signos y síntomas signos y síntomas |
| url | https://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/819 |
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