Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes

Background: The clinical manifestations, mortality rates, laboratory and imaging findings of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not yet fully elucidated. Aim: To describe the clinical manifestations, imaging and laboratory findings of 164 SARS-CoV-2 (+) patients consulting at an emergency room of a public g...

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Autores principales:	Zuccone,Giancarlo, Albornoz,Valentina, Ibáñez,Helga, Betancur,Raúl, Matute,Julio
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2020
Materias:	Coronavirus Emergency Service, Hospital Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720200008010962020-12-26Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientesZuccone,GiancarloAlbornoz,ValentinaIbáñez,HelgaBetancur,RaúlMatute,Julio Coronavirus Emergency Service, Hospital Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Background: The clinical manifestations, mortality rates, laboratory and imaging findings of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not yet fully elucidated. Aim: To describe the clinical manifestations, imaging and laboratory findings of 164 SARS-CoV-2 (+) patients consulting at an emergency room of a public general hospital in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: Review of medical records, imaging and laboratory results of 164 patients aged between 16 and 92 years (57.9% males) consulting at the emergency room between March 12 and April 27, 2020. Results: The most common presenting symptom was dry cough in 47% of patients, followed by headache in 42% and myalgias in 42%. Forty five percent referred contact with an infected patient or having travelled out of town. Thirty-three (20%) required hospital admission and 5% required admission to an intensive care unit. Conclusions: These patients were predominantly young, and their most common symptoms were dry cough, headache and myalgias.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.148 n.8 20202020-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872020000801096es10.4067/S0034-98872020000801096
institution	Scielo Chile
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Coronavirus Emergency Service, Hospital Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
spellingShingle	Coronavirus Emergency Service, Hospital Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Zuccone,Giancarlo Albornoz,Valentina Ibáñez,Helga Betancur,Raúl Matute,Julio Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes
description	Background: The clinical manifestations, mortality rates, laboratory and imaging findings of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not yet fully elucidated. Aim: To describe the clinical manifestations, imaging and laboratory findings of 164 SARS-CoV-2 (+) patients consulting at an emergency room of a public general hospital in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: Review of medical records, imaging and laboratory results of 164 patients aged between 16 and 92 years (57.9% males) consulting at the emergency room between March 12 and April 27, 2020. Results: The most common presenting symptom was dry cough in 47% of patients, followed by headache in 42% and myalgias in 42%. Forty five percent referred contact with an infected patient or having travelled out of town. Thirty-three (20%) required hospital admission and 5% required admission to an intensive care unit. Conclusions: These patients were predominantly young, and their most common symptoms were dry cough, headache and myalgias.
author	Zuccone,Giancarlo Albornoz,Valentina Ibáñez,Helga Betancur,Raúl Matute,Julio
author_facet	Zuccone,Giancarlo Albornoz,Valentina Ibáñez,Helga Betancur,Raúl Matute,Julio
author_sort	Zuccone,Giancarlo
title	Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes
title_short	Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes
title_full	Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes
title_fullStr	Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes
title_full_unstemmed	Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes
title_sort	características clínicas y epidemiológicas del covid-19 en la unidad de emergencia del hospital barros luco: los primeros 164 pacientes
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2020
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Características clínicas y epidemiológicas del COVID-19 en la Unidad de Emergencia del Hospital Barros Luco: los primeros 164 pacientes

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