COVID-19: BIBLIOMETRY AND ANALYSIS OF THE COMPARATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS IN A REFERENCE HOSPITAL IN CAMPOS DOS GOYTACAZES

• Autor(a) principal: Luiz Vargas , André
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Barbosa Pinheiro Costa , Anna, Azevedo Lobo, Karina, Bartolomeu da Silva, Tífany, Campos Duarte, Shaytner
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos
• Texto Completo: https://www.fmc.br/ojs/index.php/RCFMC/article/view/513
• topic: Coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; UTI; Óbito; Coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; ICU; Death

SARS-CoV-2 is a virus in the Coronaviridae family, which mainly affects the lower respiratory tract. The main symptoms are: fever, cough, dyspnoea and fatigue. Confirmation of COVID-19 cases can be based on clinical criteria, clinical-epidemiological criteria, clinical-image criteria or laboratory criteria. The description and interpretation of epidemiological data are of fundamental importance so that public and private health managers, in addition to researchers, carry out new strategies aimed at anticipating, controlling and evolving treatment, as a public health problem. Objective: To trace the clinical-epidemiological profile of patients admitted to a referral hospital, affected by COVID-19 compared to a bibliometric study. Methods: Cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, with data collected from the medical records of all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in one of the reference hospitals, during the year 2020. Results: There were 4753 medical records analyzed, in which the female gender prevailed; the predominant age group was adults with an average age of 43 years; the average hospital stay was 10 days; the death rate of patients was all registered in the ICU, 84% for females and 90% for males, there were no deaths recorded in the other sectors of the hospital. In the ranking of total publications on COVID-19 in the Scopus database, Brazil is in 11th place, 3.19% of the publications. Conclusion: The percentage of deaths in the Municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes is lower than that of Rio de Janeiro and the national rate, with this percentage being higher in the elderly and in males. The length of stay is similar for men and women in the ICU. Brazil has a strong participation in worldwide publications on COVID-19 via Scopus.