Analysis of the demand for detection of SARSCoV-2 in a health area of Spain

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OBJECTIVE: Since the discovery of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the polymerase chain reaction technique (RT-PCR) has become the fundamental method for diagnosing the disease in its acute phase. The objective is to describe the demand-based series of RT-PCR determinations received at a Microbiology Service at a third-level reference hospital for a health area for three months spanning from the onset of the epidemic by SARS-CoV-2.

METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the total of the RT-PCR requested in the Microbiology Service analyzed from 02/25/2020 to 05/26/2020 (90 days) has been carried out. They have been grouped by epidemiological weeks and by the petitioner service. A descriptive analysis was carried out by age, gender and number of requests for each patient. In the tests carried out, a confidence level of 95% (p <0.05) was considered significant.

RESULTS: A total of 27,106 requests was received corresponding to 22,037 patients. Median age 53.7 (RIC 40.9-71.7) years, women: 61.3%. Proportion of patients with any positive RT-PCR: 14%. Of the total requests for RT-PCR, positive 3,710. Week 13 had the highest diagnosis performance (39.0%). The primary care has been the service thar has made the most requests (15,953). Patients with 3 or more RT-PCR: 565, of them, 19 patients had a positive result after previously having a negative one.

CONCLUSIONS: Requests have been increasing depending on the evolution of the epidemic. The RT-PCR has a high diagnostic performance in the phases of highest contagiousness and / or transmissibility of the virus.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia - 33(2020), 6 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 422-429

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Análisis de la demanda de detección de SARS-CoV-2 en un área de salud de España

Beteiligte Personen:

García-Cruces, J [VerfasserIn]
López Izquierdo, R [VerfasserIn]
Domínguez-Gil, M [VerfasserIn]
López-Urrutia, L [VerfasserIn]
de Frutos, M [VerfasserIn]
Lorenzo, B [VerfasserIn]
Nogueira, B [VerfasserIn]
Puerta, A [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Esgueva, M [VerfasserIn]
Merino, I [VerfasserIn]
Ramos Sanchez, M C [VerfasserIn]
Eiros, J M [VerfasserIn]

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Diagnosis
Epidemic
Journal Article
SARS-CoV2

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Date Completed 10.12.2020

Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.37201/req/089.2020

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NLM315166339