The COVID-19 management at the Policlínico Universitario ¨Emilio Daudinot Bueno¨ in Guantánamo, 2021
Keywords:
epidemiologic, clinical features, coronavirus, COVID-19Abstract
Introduction: ending January 2020, the World Health Oganization declared the outbrake of the new coronavirus, labeled (COVID-19), as a worldwide public health emergency and in March 11, on the same year, was declared as pandemic.
Objective: to characterize the clinical and epidemiologic features in patients with COVID-19.
Method: a descriptive and retrospective study concerning clinical and epidemiologic features of 492 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 at the Policlínico Universitario “Emilio Daudinot Bueno”, in Guantánamo, was carried out. Variables studied were as follow: age groups, sex, district area, source of infection, presence or absence of signs and symptoms (fever, cough, dyspnea, general malaise, sore throat, headache, nasal congestion, anosmia and low back pain.
Results: there was a slight female predominance, with a predominance in patients older than 60 years old (22.35%), Pastorita district was reported with the highest number of cases (60.16%). Transmission of infection in the community was the predominance source of infection (74.59%). Fever was the most important clinical manifestation found among patients with symptoms (20.93%).
Conclusions: get to know and understanding the clinical and epidemiologic features associated with COVID-19 are very important for the adequate implementation of the established protocols performed to control the disease in the primary health care, involving aggressively in this process, the community and the government institutions.
Downloads
References
2. Cobas Planchez L, Mezquiade Pedro N, Armenteros Terán SS. Características clínicas de pacientes com sospecha de COVID-19 ingresados em el hospital “Frank País García”, La Habana. Rev Electron Zoilo Marinello [Internet]. 2020 [citado 12 Ene 2021]; 45(4):1-7. Disponible en: http://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/2339
3. Gómez Tejeda JJ, Diéguez Guach RA, Pérez Abreu MR. Alternativas terapéuticas para el manejo de la COVID-19. Rev Hab Ciencias Méd [Internet]. 2020 [citado 12 Ene 2021]; 19(0):1-6. Disponible en: http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/3328
4. Hernández Rodríguez J. Aspectos clínicos relacionados com el Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Severo (SARS-CoV-2). Rev Hab Cienc Méd [Internet]. 2020 [citado 13 Ene 2021]; 19(0):1-18. Disponible en: http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/3279
5. Prades Escobar E, Martin Sánchez D. Modelos estadísticos para las predicciones de la COVID-19 en Cuba. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [Internet]. 2020 [citado 14 Feb 2021]; 57(0):1-8. Disponible en: http://www.revepidemiologia.sld.cu/index.php/hie/article/view/303
6. Velázquez Pérez L. La COVID-19: reto para la ciencia mundial. Anal ACC [Internet]. 2020 [citado 20 Feb 2021]; 10(2):2. Disponible en: http://www.revistaccuba.cu/index.php/revacc/article/view/763
7. OMS. Preguntas y respuestas sobre la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID 19). OMS www.who.int. 2020 [citado 29 Mar 2020]. Disponible en: https://www.who.int/es/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-forpublic/q-a-coronaviruses
8. Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Nota informativa sobre la COVID-19 en Cuba: 31 de marzo. Infomed [Internet]. 2021 [citado 4 Abr 2021]. Disponible en: https://temas.sld.cu/coronavirus/2020/04/20/nota-informativa-sobre-la-covid-19-encuba-31-de-marzo/
9. Perfil Epidemiológico de la COVID-19 en municipio Yateras, Guantánamo. Rev Inf Cient [Internet]. 2021 [citado 30 May 2021]; 100(2):e3410. Disponible en: http://www.revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/3410/4621
10.Ferrer Castro JE, Sánchez Hernández E, Poulout Mendoza A, del Río Caballero G, Figueredo Sánchez D. Caracterización clínica y epidemiológica de pacientes confirmados com la COVID-19 en la provincia de Santiago de Cuba. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2020 [citado 24 Feb 2021]; 24(3):473-479. Disponible en: http://www.medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/3145
11.Aragón Nogales R, Vargas Almanza I, Miranda Novales MG. COVID-19 por SARS-CoV-2: la nueva emergencia de salud. Rev Mex Ped [Internet]. 2019 [citado 24 Feb 2021]; 86(6):213-218. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.35366/91871
12.Beldarraín Chaple E, Alfonso Sánchez I, Morales Suárez I, Durán García F. Primer acercamiento histórico-epidemiológico a la COVID-19 en Cuba. Anal ACC [Internet]. 2020 [citado: 20 Feb 2021]; 10(2):1-12. Disponible en: http://www.revistaccuba.cu/index.php/revacc/article/view/862
13.Guanche Garcell H, González Valdés A, González Álvarez L. COVID-19 y el problema de los tempos em las estrategias de control. Rev Hab Cienc Méd [Internet]. 2020 [citado 24 Feb 2021]; 19(2):1-7. Disponible en: http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/3318
14.Silva Belasco AG, Desoti da Fonseca C. Coronavirus 2020. Rev Bras Enferm [Internet]. 2020 [citado 24 Feb 2021];73(2):e2020n2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020730201
15.Espinosa Brito A. Acompañando la marcha de la pandemia de COVID-19. Una mirada desde Cienfuegos. Medisur [Internet]. 2020 [citado 24 Feb 2021]; 18(3):1-8. Disponible en: http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4726
