Description of COVID-19 hospitalized health worker cases in the first nine weeks of the pandemic, Brazil, 2020. / Descrição dos casos hospitalizados pela COVID-19 em profissionais de saúde nas primeiras nove semanas da pandemia, Brasil, 2020.
Epidemiol Serv Saude
; 29(5): e2020277, 2020.
Article
in En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32997079
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe COVID-19 hospitalized health worker cases in Brazil.METHODS:
This was a descriptive case series study; it included cases that became ill between February 21st and April 15th, 2020 registered on the Influenza Surveillance Information System (SIVEP-Gripe, acronym in Portuguese).RESULTS:
Of the 184 cases, 110 (59.8%) were female and median age was 44 years (min-max 23-85); 89 (48.4%) were nursing professionals and 50 (27.2%) were doctors. Ninety-two (50.0%) presented comorbidity, with heart disease predominating (n=37; 40.2%). Of the 112 professionals with a record of case progression, 85 (75.9%) were cured and 27 (24.1%) died, 18 of whom were male.CONCLUSION:
The profile of COVID-19 hospitalized health workers is similar to that of the general population with regard to age and comorbidities, but different in relation to sex. The most affected areas were nursing and medicine.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Health Personnel
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
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Hospitalization
Type of study:
Screening_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Epidemiol Serv Saude
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
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