Objetivo: Describir las características de la transmisión de COVID-19 en el personal de salud del hospital Víctor Lazarte Echegaray de Trujillo. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de tipo descriptivo. Los datos fueron recolectados mediante entrevistas, fichas clínico-epidemiológicas e historias clínicas. Se identificó al personal que atendió a los pacientes con COVID-19 y a quienes adquirieron la infección y desarrollaron síntomas. Los procedimientos realizados en los pacientes fueron registrados en una lista. Los casos se describen según tipo de personal de salud y semana epidemiológica. Las frecuencias absolutas y relativas, así como la tasa de ataque fueron determinadas. El Comité de Investigación y Ética del hospital aprobó el estudio. Resultados: Seis pacientes hospitalizados tuvieron el diagnóstico confirmado de COVID-19. Todos ellos fueron atendidos por 45 trabajador...

Objetivo: Describir las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de la viruela símica (Mpox) en la población asegurada de La Libertad del Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud). Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, cuyos datos se recolectaron de las fichas clínico-epidemiológicas e historias clínicas; se consideró casos según la sintomatología y el resultado positivo de la prueba PCR. Las variables de estudio fueron síntomas y signos, duración de la enfermedad, antecedentes clínicos, sexo, edad, orientación sexual, lugar de contacto con la persona con la Mpox. Se calcularon frecuencias absolutas y relativas e intervalos de confianza. Resultados: La Mpox se presentó en la población asegurada entre el 15 de julio y el 31 de diciembre del 2022, y se notificaron 48 casos. Las características clínicas fueron fiebre (54,17 %), astenia y linfadenopatía (52,08 %) (cuya loc...

Objective: To describe the characteristics of COVID-19 transmission among the health personnel. Materials and methods: A descriptive research was conducted. Data were collected through interviews, clinical-epidemiological records and medical records. The personnel who treated COVID-19 patients, and those who acquired the infection and developed symptoms were identified. The medical procedures undergone by the patients were listed. The cases were described according to the type of health personnel and epidemiological week. The absolute and relative frequencies, as well as the attack rate, were determined. The research was approved by the hospital’s research and ethics committee. Results: The diagnosis of COVID-19 was confirmed in six hospitalized patients. All of them were treated by 45 health workers in procedures such as hemodialysis, mechanical ventilation, orotracheal intubation, ne...

Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the La Libertad–EsSalud healthcare network, 2020. Materials and methods: A descriptive study. The data was collected from the clinical epidemiological records and medical records of patients hospitalized from March 15 to August 17, 2020. The research variables were age, sex, comorbidity, hospital stay, use of mechanical ventilation, number of days on mechanical ventilation, number of deaths and number of discharged patients. Absolute and relative frequencies and the p value were calculated. Results: The study population consisted of 2,093 patients hospitalized for COVID-19, whose average age was 58 years. Sixtyone point two three percent (61.23 %) were males, 39.99 % had comorbidities, the mean hospital stay was 8 days, 9.79 % were admitted to the ICU and spent 20.40 days on average, 9.56 % required mec...

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of monkeypox (mpox) among the insured population of La Libertad at Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud - Social Health Insurance System). Materials and methods: A descriptive study, whose data were collected from clinical-epidemiological records and medical records; the cases with symptoms and positive PCR results were considered. The study variables were signs and symptoms, duration of the disease, medical history, sex, age, sexual orientation and place of contact with someone with mpox. Absolute and relative frequencies and confidence intervals were calculated. Results: Mpox was developed by the insured population between July 15 and December 31, 2022, and 48 cases were reported. The clinical characteristics were fever (54.17 %), asthenia and lymphadenopathy (52.08 %) (in the inguinal [25 %], cervical [12 %] and axilla...

Objective: To identify the factors associated with dengue with warning signs among the insured population of the department of La Libertad in 2023. Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study analyzed a population comprising the entire universe of dengue patients with warning signs (n = 252). The sample consisted of 249 cases recorded from January to June 2023. The dependent variable was dengue with warning signs, while the independent variables were age (categorized by life stages), sex, history of dengue and comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, asthma, cancer (acute and chronic lymphoblastic leukemia, prostate cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer, rectal cancer and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma), chronic kidney disease and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The bivariate analysis involved calculating absolute and relative frequ...

Objective: To describe the characteristics of a scabies outbreak and assess the effect of the control measures. Materials and methods: A descriptive and prospective epidemiological study was conducted at a reference hospital with220 inpatient beds. Data was collected by visiting the Medicine Service on a daily basis, interviewing the healthcare personnel and examining the medical records. The description of the outbreak includes epidemiological variables such as subject, place and time. Descriptive statistics was used to determine the absolute and relative frequencies, as well as the attack rate. Patients and healthcare personnel were requested to sign an informed consent and received information about the benefits of the research. The intervention consisted of isolation measures and contact transmission-based precautions. The use of non-sterile gloves was emphasized. Results: The outb...