Clinical-epidemiological profile of patients with covid-19 admitted to a university hospital reference
Abstract
Objective: To characterize the epidemiological profile of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in a referral emergency unit in northern Paraná; analyze the profile of patients affected by COVID-19 regarding gender, color/race, age, marital status, origin and type of referral; measure the average length of hospital stay, from the date of admission of the patient until discharge, determine the percentage of the main hospital outcomes.
Method: It was field research with a quantitative, observational, unicentric, descriptive, exploratory and retrospective approach, carried out at the University Hospital of the State University of Londrina, located in the north of the Paraná. The study population consisted of data from 2,800 patients admitted and hospitalized with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 in the Emergency Room of the hospital in question, according to records of the epidemiology center and Medical and Statistical Archive Service, from January 2021 to July 2021.
Results: It was observed that most of those affected were male, had a white color, were single and were between 58 and 67 years old. The mean length of hospitalization was 16 days. The Mobile Emergency Care Service obtained the highest referral records and the discharge and death outcomes had very close values.
Conclusion: It is concluded that the second wave of COVID-19 was devastating in all segments, reflecting the change in the age profile of those affected, the increase in hospitalization rates, high mortality rates and the close relationship between the hospitalization period and the evolution to death.
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