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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
versión impresa ISSN 1814-5469versión On-line ISSN 2308-0531
Resumen
URIARTE, Geyner Yonatan Becerra; LIZANA, Hector Eduardo Pardo; YNGA, Enrique Guillermo Llontop y LOPEZ-LOPEZ, Elmer. Clinical-epidemiological profile of patients with Covid-19 treated at a Peruvian Jungle Hospital 2020. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.2, pp.353-358. Epub 16-Mar-2022. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v22i2.4330.
Introduction:
The epidemic that had its beginning in the city of Wuhan in December 2019, has become a public health problem that is advancing at dizzying steps.
Objective:
To determine the clinical and epidemiological profile of Covid-19 patients treated at Hospital Apoyo I Santiago Apóstol - Utcubamba, 2020.
Method:
The type of research was observational, descriptive, and retrospective cross-sectional. The population consisted of 312 patients, of which A sample of 173 patients was drawn that met the conditions of being representative and adequate. All data processing and statistical calculations were done using Microsoft Excel 2019 software.
Results:
Regarding the results, it was determined that the epidemiological profile: male gender a total of 102 and female gender 71, representing 59.0% and 41.0% respectively; the average age of 45 years; most affected place of origin, the city of Bagua Grande, with a frequency of 162, which represents 93.6%. Regarding the clinical profile: diabetes mellitus presented a total of 7 cases, representing 4.1%; cardiovascular diseases with a frequency of 6, representing 3.5%; general malaise, a total of 75 cases, representing 43.4%; fever with a frequency of 66 cases, representing 38.2%; cough with a frequency of 56 cases, representing 32.4%; headaches with a frequency of 50 cases, representing 28.9%; and dyspnea with a frequency of 34, representing 19.7%.
Conclusion:
The male gender was predominant with comorbidities such as Diabetes Mellitus, general malaise, and elevated CRP.
Palabras clave : Covid-19; Epidemiology; Comorbidity; Signs and symptoms. (fuente: MeSH NLM)..