Clinical characterization of patients with moderate COVID-19

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Infecciones por Coronavirus, Signos y Síntomas, Insuficiencia Respiratoria, Hospitales de Aislamiento, Instituciones Asociadas de Salud

Abstract

Introduction: In Panama, temporary centers for medical care were created in some public establishments to meet the massive demand for cases with COVID-19.

Objective: To clinically describe hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19. Methods: A descriptive, ambispective, case series study was conducted from February to April 2021. It included all admissions in the first 5 months of the Comprehensive Care Center for Moderate Cases due to COVID-19 in Figali. A questionnaire was designed for each patient with data collected from individual electronic medical records.

Results: Out of 628 admitted patients, 58.1% were men and 41.6% were in the age group ≥60 years. 54.94% were admitted after 7 days of symptoms, mainly from isolation hotels (39.65%) and hospitals (26.43%). The most frequent symptoms were cough, dyspnea, fever and weakness. 84.39% were classified as moderate COVID-19. 51.75% required admission to the Special Respiratory Care Unit, and out of these 3.82% required invasive mechanical ventilation. 67.70% were discharged and 14.59% were transferred to third level hospitals after orotracheal intubation.

Conclusions: Centro Figali provided medical care to patients with moderate, severe and critical COVID-19. General and upper respiratory symptoms prevailed, which intensified in the pulmonary phase of the disease and led to admission. Among men, older adults and patients with chronic non-communicable diseases were the majority of those admitted and deceased.

Keywords: coronavirus infections; signs and symptoms; respiratory insufficiency.

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Author Biographies

Sharomay Jassandra Osma Farnum, Centro Integral de Atención Provisional para Pacientes Moderados con COVID-19 en Figali, Panamá

Estomatólogo. Especialista en Cirugía Maxilofacial. Directora Centro Integral de Atención Provisional para Pacientes Moderados con COVID-19 en Figali, Panamá

Martha Morales Carmenate, Unidad municipal de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Cienfuegos, Cuba

Médico.Especialista en 1er grado Medicina General integral. Especialista en 1er grado en Higiene y Epidemiología

Victor René Navarro Machado, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos

Doctor en Ciencias de la Salud. Especialista de 2do Grado en Medicina Interna. Especialista de 2do grado en Medicina Intensiva y Emergencias. Profesor Titular. Investigador Titular. Director del Consejo Provincial de Socedades Científicas.

Oneida Edilena Moreno Del Sol, Unidad Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Camaguey, Cuba

Médico.Especialista en 1er grado Medicina General integral. Especialista en 1er grado en Higiene y Epidemiología.

Michel Curbelo López

Médico. Especialista en Medicina Interna. Máster en Atención Integral a la Mujer. Profesor Asistente

Tatiana Helena Carles Freire, Centro Integral de Atención Provisional para Pacientes Moderados con COVID-19 en Figali, Panamá

Médico. Especialista en Medicina Familiar.

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Published

2022-03-06

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Osma Farnum SJ, Morales Carmenate M, Navarro Machado VR, Moreno Del Sol OE, Curbelo López M, Carles Freire TH. Clinical characterization of patients with moderate COVID-19. Rev Cubana Med [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 6 [cited 2025 Jul. 7];61(1). Available from: https://revmedicina.sld.cu/index.php/med/article/view/2593

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Vol. 61 No. 1 (2022): enero-marzo

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Original articles

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