Epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with Covid-19 in an Intensive Care Unit of a public hospital in Teresina-PI

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Brena Costa de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Santos , Francelly Carvalho dos, Silva , Hengrid Graciely Nascimento, Castro, Isione Oliveira, Franco, Vinicius de Sá Patricio, Silva, Cibelle de Sousa e, Souza, Samara Martins de Oliveira, Silva, Valéria Monteiro Beserra da, França, Letícia Graziela Lopes, Ferreira, Luana Gabrielle de França
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/22053
• topic: Perfil epidemiológico; Covid-19; Manifestaciones clínicas; Unidad de Terapia Intensiva; Comorbilidad; Respiración artificial.; Epidemiological profile; Covid-19; Clinical manifestations; Intensive Care Units; Artificial respiration.; Perfil epidemiológico; Covid-19; Manifestações clínicas; Unidade de Terapia Intensiva; Comorbidade; Respiração artificial.

Introduction: The clinical course of COVID-19 presents clinical manifestations that range from no symptoms to severe pneumonia, cardiac or brain damage. Objective: To analyze the epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU of a Public Hospital in Teresina-PI. Methods: it has a descriptive and retrospective design performed by analyzing medical records, including patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to the ICU between April and October 2020, discharged from hospital or evolved to death, over 18 years old, of both sexes and those that highlight with incomplete data are excluded. Results: 240 patients were included and most were elderly (63.9 ± 15.9 years), male (55%), married (55.8%) and from the countryside of Piauí (46.7%) who have comorbidities such as SAH (55.6%) and DM (33.9%). Conclusion: This is a serious pathology that involves long hospital stays, often requiring intubation and IMV, in addition to unconventional interventions, such as pronation.