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- Title
Características clínicas e epidemiológicos dos casos de covid-19 em Florianópolis, Brasil.
- Authors
Andrade Machado, Caroline; Pereira Garcia, Leandro; Pauletto, Patrícia; Honnef, Lia Rosana; do Espírito Santo, Taina Barbie; De Luca Canto, Graziela; Garcia-Larsen, Vanessa
- Abstract
Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Florianópolis. Methods: Population-based study with laboratory-confirmed adults with COVID-19 between the first and 20th epidemiological week of 2020. The variables studied were: demographic, signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, comorbidities, hospitalization and mortality. Results: During the study period, 567 adults were diagnosed with COVID-19. Of these, 37 (6.5%) were hospitalized and seven died (1.2%). Most were male (51.5%) with a mean age of 45.2 years. The most common symptoms were fever (62.8%) and cough (62.6%). The most frequent comorbidities were chronic cardiovascular disease (12.9%) and diabetes mellitus (7.1%). Conclusion: At the beginning of the pandemic, in Florianópolis, cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the laboratory were more frequent in men, elderly, Caucasians and those with comorbidities such as chronic cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus.
- Publication
Saúde Coletiva, 2021, Vol 11, Issue 70, p8825
- ISSN
1806-3365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i70p8825-8829