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Analysis of COVID-19 mortality and case-fatality in a low- income region: an ecological time-series study in Tocantins, Brazilian Amazon

INTRODUCTION: Inserted in the vulnerable context of the Brazilian Amazon, the state of Tocantins has suffered damages with the dissemination of COVID-19 in its territory; however, little evidence is published from this state. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to analyze the case-fatality, mortality, and inciden...

Mortality and case fatality rates of COVID-19 in the State of Goiás, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: the initial spread of the pandemic in Brazil was mainly affected by patterns of socioeconomic vulnerability. It should be noted that the Central-West region of Brazil is one of the regions with the lowest number of cases, but the states of this region together have the highest mortality rat...

A time-series ecological study protocol to analyze trends of incidence, mortality, lethality of COVID-19 in Brazil

INTRODUCTION: since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in February 2020, Brazil has reported more than 20 million cases and more than 600,000 deaths on October 31, 2021. The behavior of the pandemic was also different in the various states, from the less developed to the more developed, such as the...

Mortalidad por COVID-19 en México y las enfermedades metabólicas durante el año crítico de la pandemia
COVID-19 mortality in Mexico and metabolic diseases during a critical pandemic year

Arch. latinoam. nutr; 71 (4), 2021
Conocer la asociación específica de las enfermedades metabólicas en la mortalidad por COVID-19, ocurrida en México durante el año crítico de la pandemia de marzo 2020 a marzo 2021. Método. Se utilizó la base nacional de COVID-19 de la Dirección General de Epidemiología. Se analizaron los casos ...

Valor predictivo prequirúrgico del EuroSCORE I, EuroSCORE II y STS score en pacientes sometidos a cirugía cardíaca: informe preliminar

Rev. Nac. (Itauguá); 13 (2), 2021
RESUMEN Introducción: en cirugía cardiovascular, el EuroSCORE I, EuroSCORE II y STS score son herramientas que brindan pronóstico e información para la toma de decisiones. Es imperativo evaluar el valor predictivo real de los mismos en nuestro medio. Objetivo: evaluar el valor predictivo de los cita...

COVID-19 mortality and lethality in the state of Pará, legal Amazon, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: the growth of coronavirus indices in the North region highlights the region's historical social inequalities and the problems in accessing citizenship. OBJECTIVE: to analyze the mortality and lethality of COVID-19 in the state of Pará, Brazil. METHODS: this is an ecological study with a ti...

Epidemiological perspective of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Amapá State, Northern Brazil

INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 impacted health systems worldwide; the virus quickly spread in Brazil, reaching its 27 Federative units peculiarly. The northern country region recorded the lowest number of cases and accumulated deaths from the disease. However, it is a region of sizeable territorial extension and...

Lethality and mortality of COVID-19 in an important industrial center in Latin America, region of Grande ABC, São Paulo, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: the new coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has been causing economic and health system impacts worldwide, triggering humanitarian crises in vulnerable regions, marked by high mortality rates of the disease. Brazil has been suffering an increase in the number of cases, characteristic of the form...

Evolution of mortality and lethality due to COVID-19 in the State of Roraima, Brazil, from march 2020 to july 2021

INTRODUCTION: the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Brazilian North region is worrying. There is a lack of resources for Public Health, a low human development index, and poverty indicators above the national average OBJECTIVE: to analyze mortality and lethality from COVID-19 in the State of Roraim...

Prognostic value of inflammation-based prognostic scores in patients with colorectal cancer

Background: Anatomopathological staging is the primary method to determine the prognosis of patients with colorectal carcinoma (CRC). However, new tools have been developed that can complement it, such as the analysis of the elevation of systemic inflammatory markers. Objective: To evaluate the impact o...