CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19 IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN MEXICO CITY : A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

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BACKGROUND: Regional information regarding the characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 is needed for a better understanding of the pandemic.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study to describe the clinical features of COVID-19 patients diagnosed in a tertiary-care center in Mexico City and to assess differences according to the treatment setting (ambulatory vs. hospital) and to the need of intensive care (IC).

METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort, including consecutive patients with COVID-19 from February 26, 2020 to April 11, 2020.

RESULTS: We identified 309 patients (140 inpatients and 169 outpatients). The median age was 43 years (interquartile range, 33-54), 59.2% men, and 18.6% healthcare workers (12.3% from our center). The median body mass index (BMI) was 29.00 kg/m2 and 39.6% had obesity. Compared to outpatients, inpatients were older, had comorbidities, cough, and dyspnea more frequently. Twenty-nine (20.7%) inpatients required treatment in the IC unit (ICU). History of diabetes (type 1 or 2) and abdominal pain were more common in ICU patients compared to non-ICU patients. ICU patients had higher BMIs, higher respiratory rates, and lower room-air capillary oxygen saturations. ICU patients showed a more severe inflammatory response as assessed by white blood cell count, neutrophil and platelet count, C-reactive protein, ferritin, procalcitonin, and albumin levels. By the end of the study period, 65 inpatients had been discharged because of improvement, 70 continued hospitalized, and five had died.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with comorbidities, either middle-age obese or elderly complaining of fever, cough, or dyspnea, were more likely to be admitted. At admission, patients with diabetes, high BMI, and clinical or laboratory findings consistent with a severe inflammatory state were more likely to require IC.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Rev Invest Clin. 2020;72(4):252-258. - PMID 33064701

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

Enthalten in:

Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 72(2020), 3 vom: 01., Seite 165-177

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ortiz-Brizuela, Edgar [VerfasserIn]
Villanueva-Reza, Marco [VerfasserIn]
González-Lara, María F [VerfasserIn]
Tamez-Torres, Karla M [VerfasserIn]
Román-Montes, Carla M [VerfasserIn]
Díaz-Mejía, Bruno A [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-García, Esteban [VerfasserIn]
Olivas-Martínez, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Rajme-López, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Guerra, Bernardo A [VerfasserIn]
de-León-Cividanes, Nereyda A [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-García, Oscar A [VerfasserIn]
Guerrero-Torres, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Torres-González, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Carrera-Patiño, Fabián A [VerfasserIn]
Corral-Herrera, Ever A [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Alemón, Aldo N [VerfasserIn]
Tovar-Vargas, Maria de Los Á [VerfasserIn]
Serrano-Pinto, Yamile G [VerfasserIn]
Espejo-Ortiz, Cristian E [VerfasserIn]
Morales-Ortega, María de la L [VerfasserIn]
Lozano-Cruz, Óscar A [VerfasserIn]
Cárdenas-Fragoso, José L [VerfasserIn]
Vidal-Mayo, José de J [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Gilsoul, Thierry [VerfasserIn]
Rivero-Sigarroa, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Domínguez-Cherit, Guillermo [VerfasserIn]
Cervantes-Villar, Luz E [VerfasserIn]
Ramos-Cervantes, Maria Del P [VerfasserIn]
Ibarra-González, Violeta [VerfasserIn]
Calva-Mercado, Juan J [VerfasserIn]
Sierra-Madero, Juan G [VerfasserIn]
López-Íñiguez, Álvaro [VerfasserIn]
Ochoa-Hein, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda E [VerfasserIn]
Galindo-Fraga, Arturo [VerfasserIn]
Guerrero-Almeida, María de L [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Palacios, Guillermo M [VerfasserIn]
Gulías-Herrero, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
Sifuentes-Osornio, José [VerfasserIn]
Kershenobich-Stalnikowitz, David [VerfasserIn]
Ponce-de-León, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2019-novel coronavirus
Biomarkers
Cohort
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease-2019
Journal Article
Mexico
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.07.2020

Date Revised 15.04.2022

published: Print

ErratumIn: Rev Invest Clin. 2020;72(4):252-258. - PMID 33064701

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.24875/RIC.20000211

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311626785