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COVID-19: presentación clínica en adultos

Este artículo resume las diferentes formas de presentación clínica de la enfermedad COVID-19 causada por el virus SARS-Co-2 documentadas fundamentalmente en las tres principales revisiones sistemáticas disponibles. Entre las manifestaciones clínicas de frecuente aparición se destacan la fiebre (83 ...

Severe clinical spectrum with high mortality in pediatric patients with COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: To assess the outcomes of pediatric patients with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with or without multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 471 samples collected from 371 patients (age<18 years) suspected of hav...

Imaging findings in COVID-19 pneumonia

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan city and was declared a pandemic in March 2020. Although the virus is not restricted to the lung parenchyma, the use of chest imaging in COVID-19 can be especially useful for p...

Encefalitis por virus herpes humano tipo 6 en una adolescente con lupus eritematoso sistémico. Primer caso reportado en el ecuador

VozAndes; 31 (2), 2020
Se describe el caso de una paciente de catorce años con Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico (LES) con índice de actividad severo y en tratamiento inmunosupresor. Acudió al servicio de Urgencias Pediátricas del Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín, por presentar fiebre, cefalea, náuseas, alucina...

Efetividade da intervenção compressas mornas na redução da temperatura de crianças febris: ensaio clínico randomizado piloto

Introdução: a febre é uma entidade clínica comum na infância, sendo responsável por grande parte da procura dos serviços de pronto atendimento e emergência em Pediatria. Objetivos: avaliar o efeito da intervenção compressas mornas, em associação ao antitérmico prescrito, na redução da febr...

Manifestaciones clínicas y evolución de seis primeros casos reportados de COVID-19 en personal médico de Perú

Medwave; 20 (7), 2020
INTRODUCCIÓN: El personal de salud, entre ellos los médicos, es parte fundamental en primera línea de defensa ante la pandemia de COVID-19, causada por SARS-Cov-2. OBJETIVO: Caracterizar la clínica y evolución de los primeros casos de contagio por coronavirus en médicos de Perú. METODOLOGÍA: Se p...

The diagnostic process of covıd-19 in the emergency department: laboratory and ımaging methods

Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992); 66 (Suppl 2), 2020
SUMMARY OBJECTIVES The 2019 Novel coronavirus disease puts a serious burden on the health system. Therefore, the detection of particularly serious patients at an early stage is extremely important in terms of controlling the outbreak and improving the prognosis. We investigated the role of inflammatory...

Family COVID-19 cluster analysis of an infant without respiratory symptoms

Abstract Diagnosing cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only non-respiratory symptoms has been challenging. We reported the diagnosis of a child who tested positive for COVID-19 with abdominal pain/diarrhea and tracked his family cluster. One member of the family tested positive for COVID-19 on ...

Generalidades de un paciente afebril con hepatoesplenomegalia en pediatría
Overview of an afebrile patient with hepatosplenomegaly in pediatrics

Rev. pediatr. electrón; 17 (2), 2020
Introducción: La hepatoesplenomegalia es el agrandamiento simultaneo del hígado y del bazo, aunque es frecuente en edad pediátrica su literatura se centra en causa infecciosa, siendo también importante otras causas sobre todo en el paciente afebril Método: revisión de literatura actual confrontando...

Sinais/sintomas de emergência na perspectiva dos pacientes em quimioterapia ambulatorial

Ciênc. cuid. saúde; 19 (), 2020
Objectives: to identify the knowledge of oncological patients undergoing outpatient chemotherapy regarding emergency signs and symptoms.Methods: It is a descriptive, qualitative study. Two instruments were used: a questionnaire to characterize the participants and an open interview. The ana...