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Caracterización de la infección por SARS-CoV-2 en adultos mayores de Cuba, marzo-junio 2020

Introducción: La COVID-19 tiene el potencial de impactar en cualquier grupo poblacional, sin embargo, los adultos mayores presentan un peor pronóstico y una mayor tasa de mortalidad. Objetivo: Caracterizar las variables clínico-epidemiológicas de los adultos mayores con SARS-CoV- 2 en los primeros tr...

Trends in COVID-19 mortality and case-fatality rate in the State of Paraná, South Brazil: spatiotemporal analysis over one year of the Pandemic

INTRODUCTION: By late 2019, China notified a new disease rising, and with the agent's identification, it was called COVID-19. Despite the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) and worldwide countries, the disease spread out of control; on March 11, WHO declared the pandemic state. Brazil is the ...

Epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, from march 2020 to june 2021

INTRODUCTION: coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) was quickly declared a pandemic, and Brazil is facing the most significant health and hospital crisis in its history. From March to June 2021 represented 50.8% of all deaths in the State of Espirito Santo OBJECTIVE: to analyze the lethality and mortality ...

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...