Clinical epidemiological characterization of COVID-19 sequelae in adults recovered from a hospital in Huancayo

• Autores: Mauricio Trelles, Paola Beatriz, Gutierrez Cadillo, Diana Nicole
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad de Huánuco
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Huánuco
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.localhost:article/224
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.udh.edu.pe/index.php/RPCS/article/view/364e
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: covid-19; Perú; coronavirus; síntomas; epidemiológica; clínica; anosmia; persistencia; diabetes; Covid-19; prolonged; Peru; symptoms; epidemiological; clinical; persistence; COVID-19; coronavírus; sintomas; epidemiológicos; clínicos; persistência

Objective. Describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the persistence of post-COVID-19 symptoms in a population treated in a hospital in the city of Huancayo, Tambo district. Methods. The study had a quantitative, cross-sectional, retrospective and observational approach. The population consisted of 110 medical records of adults recovered from COVID-19, the sample being 88 patients selected by non-probability sampling. The instruments were the medical records of the patients and the statistical test was descriptive. Results. The clinical cases of patients with sequelae of Covid-19 were analyzed and it was found that the age group of 36 - 59 years was the most affected, where the female sex predominated. The most frequent symptoms were fatigue, followed by shortness of breath, chest pain, and cough. The clinical characteristics that all patients presented included main symptoms such as: fatigue, cough, and chest pain; treatment was based on dexamethasone, azithromycin and amoxicillin with an average hospital stay of 2-4 weeks. Conclusions. There is a greater prevalence in female patients, adults aged 36 to 59 years, most with a history of diabetes, thus associating the persistence of post-covid symptoms with sex, diabetes and age. Keywords: Covid-19; prolonged; Peru; coronavirus, symptoms, epidemiological, clinical, anosmia, persistence, diabetes (Meshon Demand).