Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey

Introduction: in Cuba, the surveillance and active search for COVID-19 confirming cases and their contacts are actions still performing at the community, and later keep their follow-up at the health care services organized in the national territory. These actions at pediatric ages are a health autho...

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Autores principales:	Ener de Jesús Fernández-Brizuela, María Emilia Navarro-Huertas, Mayelín Hernández-Rodríguez, Noslando de Jesús Ramos-González, Ellen Alfonso-Quiroga
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Publicado:	Centro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM Guantánamo 2021
Materias:	epidemiología sars-cov-2 covid-19 niños sospechosos infecciones respiratorias camagüey Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5a50fc6c4dae42b5803682b35ee170122021-12-01T01:47:10ZClinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey1028-9933https://doaj.org/article/5a50fc6c4dae42b5803682b35ee170122021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/article/view/3684https://doaj.org/toc/1028-9933Introduction: in Cuba, the surveillance and active search for COVID-19 confirming cases and their contacts are actions still performing at the community, and later keep their follow-up at the health care services organized in the national territory. These actions at pediatric ages are a health authorities concern. Objective: to describe the behavior of the main clinical-epidemiological variables of children treated at the "Villa Azucarera" field hospital in Camagüey, from March 4 to April 17, 2021. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 287 patients admitted to the hospital with diagnostic criteria of suspected COVID-19 from different health areas in the province. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, epidemiological criteria, RT-PCR result, clinical criteria and diagnosis at discharge in cases that were negative to the confirmatory test. Results: twenty nine patients of the total (10.1 %) were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The contacts of confirmed cases (43.2%) were predominant. Rhinorrhea was the most frequent symptom (13, 44.8%). Common cold (53.9%) and non-specific febrile syndrome (15.1%) were the most frequent diagnoses in negative patients. Conclusions: age and sex do not show significant differences between suspected and confirmed cases. Clinical manifestations are similar in both groups with predominance of fever and high respiratory symptoms, although other digestive and neurological manifestations are described. Close contact with confirmed cases is the main epidemiological factor related to the diagnosis of the disease.Ener de Jesús Fernández-BrizuelaMaría Emilia Navarro-HuertasMayelín Hernández-RodríguezNoslando de Jesús Ramos-GonzálezEllen Alfonso-QuirogaCentro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM Guantánamoarticleepidemiologíasars-cov-2covid-19niños sospechososinfecciones respiratoriascamagüeyMedicineRESRevista Información Científica, Vol 100, Iss 6, Pp e3684-e3684 (2021)
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topic	epidemiología sars-cov-2 covid-19 niños sospechosos infecciones respiratorias camagüey Medicine R
spellingShingle	epidemiología sars-cov-2 covid-19 niños sospechosos infecciones respiratorias camagüey Medicine R Ener de Jesús Fernández-Brizuela María Emilia Navarro-Huertas Mayelín Hernández-Rodríguez Noslando de Jesús Ramos-González Ellen Alfonso-Quiroga Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey
description	Introduction: in Cuba, the surveillance and active search for COVID-19 confirming cases and their contacts are actions still performing at the community, and later keep their follow-up at the health care services organized in the national territory. These actions at pediatric ages are a health authorities concern. Objective: to describe the behavior of the main clinical-epidemiological variables of children treated at the "Villa Azucarera" field hospital in Camagüey, from March 4 to April 17, 2021. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 287 patients admitted to the hospital with diagnostic criteria of suspected COVID-19 from different health areas in the province. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, epidemiological criteria, RT-PCR result, clinical criteria and diagnosis at discharge in cases that were negative to the confirmatory test. Results: twenty nine patients of the total (10.1 %) were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The contacts of confirmed cases (43.2%) were predominant. Rhinorrhea was the most frequent symptom (13, 44.8%). Common cold (53.9%) and non-specific febrile syndrome (15.1%) were the most frequent diagnoses in negative patients. Conclusions: age and sex do not show significant differences between suspected and confirmed cases. Clinical manifestations are similar in both groups with predominance of fever and high respiratory symptoms, although other digestive and neurological manifestations are described. Close contact with confirmed cases is the main epidemiological factor related to the diagnosis of the disease.
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author	Ener de Jesús Fernández-Brizuela María Emilia Navarro-Huertas Mayelín Hernández-Rodríguez Noslando de Jesús Ramos-González Ellen Alfonso-Quiroga
author_facet	Ener de Jesús Fernández-Brizuela María Emilia Navarro-Huertas Mayelín Hernández-Rodríguez Noslando de Jesús Ramos-González Ellen Alfonso-Quiroga
author_sort	Ener de Jesús Fernández-Brizuela
title	Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey
title_short	Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey
title_full	Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey
title_fullStr	Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey
title_full_unstemmed	Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey
title_sort	clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected covid-19 in camagüey
publisher	Centro Editorial Ciencias Médicas: CPICM Guantánamo
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/5a50fc6c4dae42b5803682b35ee17012
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Clinical-epidemiological aspects of children admitted for suspected COVID-19 in Camagüey

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