Prevalencia y factores asociados al desarrollo de COVID severo

Authors

  • Cristina Nataly Fernández Collahuazo Médica. Posgradista de Medicina Interna. Universidad de Cuenca. Cuenca – Azuay - Ecuador. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7748-6481
  • Sergio Vicente Guevara Pacheco Doctor en Medicina y Cirugía. Especialista en Reumatología. Magister en Investigación de la Salud. Master en Competencias Médicas Avanzadas, especialidad en Enfermedades Autoinmunes. Doctor en Medicina e investigación traslacional. Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Carrera de Medicina. Cuenca – Azuay - Ecuador.
  • Lorena Esperanza Encalada Torres Doctora en Medicina y Cirugía. Magíster en Investigación de la Salud. Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Carrera de Medicina. Cuenca – Azuay - Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7864-563X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.41.01.03

Keywords:

coronavirus infections, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, renal insufficiency chronic, obesity

Abstract

Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has a variable lethality due to the wide spread of the virus worldwide. It can be associated with factors such as age, sex and different comorbidities such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and obesity.

Objective: establish the prevalence of COVID-19 and factors associated with severe COVID in patients admitted to the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM).

Methodology: analytical cross-sectional study in 425 patients with COVID-19 out of 1,472 admitted to hospital. Descriptive statistics such as percentage and frequency, measures of dispersion, central tendency, and to determine association, OR with 95% IC and chi square were used.

Results: Of 1,472 admitted to the hospital, 425 presented COVID-19 corresponding to 28.87%, 216 men (51%) and 209 (49%) women. Severe COVID 52.2% and comorbidities such as arterial hypertension 65.69% (p<0.01; OR 2.26 95% CI 1.48-3.45), chronic kidney disease 76.47% (p<0.01; OR 3.09 IC95% 0.99-9.65) and obesity 69.79% (p<0.01; OR 2.59 IC95% 1.59-4.21).

Conclusions: A significant prevalence of COVID-19 was observed in the HVCM, being more frequent in males. More than half of the patients presented complications, among them being an older adult and having comorbidities such as arterial hypertension, chronic kidney disease and obesity are risk factors related to severity.

 

 

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Published

2023-06-02

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (2023): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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