Introducción. La pandemia por coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) se ha extendido en más de 100 países. La información específica sobre su comportamiento en el embarazo y parto sigue siendo limitada. Objetivo. Describir las características materno perinatales de pacientes gestantes con COVID-19 en un hospital terciario. Métodos. Estudio descriptivo. Se seleccionó todas las gestantes hospitalizadas por el servicio de emergencia de gineco-obstetricia entre el 24 de marzo y el 07 de mayo del 2020 y que tuvieron diagnóstico de infección por SARS-CoV-2, mediante la prueba rápida o la prueba RT-PCR. Se revisó la historia clínica y registros hospitalarios buscando variables sociodemográficas, antecedentes, manifestaciones clínicas, serología materna, complicaciones obstétricas, vía de parto y aspectos perinatales. Resultados. Se encontró 41 casos de pacientes con diagnóstico de SARS...

Introduction: The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to more than 100 countries. Specific information about its behavior in pregnancy is still limited. Objective: To describe the maternal and perinatal characteristics of pregnant patients infected with COVID-19 and their newborns in a tertiary referral hospital. Methods: Descriptive study. Subjects were all pregnant patients admitted to the OB/GYN Emergency Department of the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital from March 24 to May 7, 2020, who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection by rapid test or by RT-PCR test. Medical and hospital records were reviewed to retrieve sociodemographic data, patient’s history, clinical manifestations, maternal serology, obstetric complications, delivery mode and perinatal aspects. Results: 41 patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 were identified. 9.2% of all admi...

Introduction. The cardiovascular rehabilitation programs (CRP) represent an effective multidisciplinary medical-health strategy in prevention and control of cardiovascular problems. Objective. To assess the impact of a CRP carried out in the workplace, in reducing absolute cardiovascular risk in INCOR workers. Methods. An experimental study. 41 workers with different levels of cardiovascular risk were included and were evaluated before and after their participation in the CRP on their functional capacity, cardiovascular risk factors and stress levels. The work intervention program consisted of 36 sessions of controlled physical activity, nutritional counseling, psychological counseling and laboratory evaluation. Results. The intervention get a reduction of the overall cardiovascular risk to the low level in all workers (100%), measured by the Frami...

Objective. Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs based on telehealth are an alternative in the context of a pandemic and represent an opportunity to continue in the intervention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The present study aims to evaluate the effect of a Cardiac Tele-Rehabilitation (CTR) program on quality of life, anxiety/depression index, exercise safety and Level Of disease awareness in patients discharged from a national referral institute in times of pandemic. Methods. A pre-experimental study in cardiac patients who entered the cardiac rehabilitation program at INCOR from August to December 2020. The study included low-risk patients who were administered a questionnaire (on cardiovascular disease, exercise safety, anxiety/depression, and quality of life) at the beginning and end of the program, which was applied through a virtual platform. Descriptive and comparative before-...

Objetivo. Los programas de rehabilitación cardiaca (RC) basados en telesalud son una alternativa en el contexto de pandemia y representa una oportunidad para continuar en la intervención de las enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV). El presente estudio pretende evaluar el efecto de un programa de telerrehabilitación cardiaca (TRC) en la calidad de vida, índice de ansiedad/depresión, seguridad del ejercicio y nivel de conocimiento de la enfermedad en pacientes dados de alta de un instituto de referencia nacional en tiempos de pandemia. Metodología. Estudio pre-experimental en pacientes cardiópatas que ingresaron al programa de rehabilitación cardíaca en el INCOR durante agosto a diciembre del 2020. Se incluyó pacientes de bajo riesgo en quienes se aplicó un cuestionario (sobre enfermedades cardiovasculares, seguridad del ejercicio, ansiedad/depresión y calidad de vida) al inicio...

Objective. Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs based on telehealth are an alternative in the context of a pandemic and represent an opportunity to continue in the intervention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The present study aims to evaluate the effect of a Cardiac Tele-Rehabilitation (CTR) program on quality of life, anxiety/depression index, exercise safety and Level Of disease awareness in patients discharged from a national referral institute in times of pandemic. Methods. A pre-experimental study in cardiac patients who entered the cardiac rehabilitation program at INCOR from August to December 2020. The study included low-risk patients who were administered a questionnaire (on cardiovascular disease, exercise safety, anxiety/depression, and quality of life) at the beginning and end of the program, which was applied through a virtual platform. Descriptive and comparative before-...