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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0138-6557</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cub Med Mil]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0138-6557</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0138-65572022000200016</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Manifestaciones digestivas en pacientes hospitalizados con la COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Digestive manifestations in hospitalized patients with COVID-19]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agüero Figueredo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cesar Abrahan]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agüero Figueredo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Moyra]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Barrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yenier]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zúñiga Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lilian]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Lucía Íñiguez&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Holguín]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila Policlínico Comunitario Sur ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciego de Ávila ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Granma Centro de idiomas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Granma]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0138-65572022000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0138-65572022000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0138-65572022000200016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: La COVID-19 ha provocado una crisis sanitaria sin precedentes, al tratarse de una enfermedad emergente, inédita y con alta transmisibilidad. Nuevas cepas diferentes a la variante original del virus, ya han sido identificadas, lo que pudiera significar un cambio en sus patrones de presentación clínica.  Objetivo:  Describir las manifestaciones digestivas en pacientes hospitalizados por la COVID-19.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, de tipo prospectivo en pacientes diagnosticados con la COVID-19, ingresados entre los meses de julio y septiembre del 2021. Se estudiaron 136 pacientes seleccionados. A cada paciente seleccionado se le confeccionó su historia clínica individual. Se midieron las variables: sexo, edad, comorbilidades, presencia de manifestaciones digestivas y duración de los síntomas digestivos. Se calculó la media y desviación estándar para la duración de los síntomas digestivos, y en las restantes variables los resultados fueron expresados en frecuencia absoluta y porcientos.  Resultados: Las manifestaciones digestivas estuvieron presentes en el 58,8 % de los pacientes. La diarrea se presentó en el 29,4 %, con una media de duración de 1,9 días aproximadamente y fue el síntoma digestivo más precoz de todos los identificados. Las náuseas y la anorexia se presentaron en el 25 %, sin embargo, fue la anorexia el síntoma de mayor duración, con un máximo de 10 días.  Conclusiones: Las manifestaciones digestivas en pacientes hospitalizados con la COVID-19 fueron: diarreas, náuseas, vómitos, epigastralgia, anorexia y dispepsia, de ellas, las de más frecuente presentación fueron: diarreas, náuseas y la anorexia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented health crisis, as it is an emerging, unprecedented disease with high transmissibility. New different strains from the original variant of the virus have already been identified, which could mean a change in its clinical presentation patterns.  Objective:  To describe the digestive manifestations in patients hospitalized due to COVID-19.  Methods:  A descriptive, prospective study was carried out in patients diagnosed with COVID-19, admitted among the months of July and September 2021; 136 patients were studied. Each selected patient had the individual medical record compiled. The variables taken into consideration were sex, age, comorbidities, presence of digestive manifestations and duration of digestive symptoms. The average and standard deviation for the duration of the digestive symptoms were calculated, and in the remaining variables, the results were expressed in absolute frequency and percentages.  Results:  Digestive manifestations were present in 58,8 % of the patients. Diarrhea occurred in 29,4 %, a with an average duration of approximately 1,9 days, and was the earliest digestive symptom of all those identified. Nausea and anorexia occurred in 25 %; anorexia was the symptom that lasted the longest, with a maximum of 10 days.  Conclusions:  The digestive manifestations in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, anorexia and dyspepsia, of which the most frequent presentation was: diarrhea, nausea and anorexia.]]></p></abstract>
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