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<journal-id>0375-0760</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Trop]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0375-0760</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0375-07602021000100011</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de pacientes con COVID-19 en una unidad cuidados intensivos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto Dariel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montero Castrillón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mabel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lázaro]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana Facultad de Ciencias Médicas &#8220;Dr. Salvador Allende&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>73</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0375-07602021000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  A finales del 2019, un nuevo coronavirus provocó una epidemia de enfermedad respiratoria aguda en Wuhan, China. La Organización Mundial de la Salud nombró a esta enfermedad &#8220;coronavirus disease 2019&#8221;, el 11 de marzo de 2020 la declaró como pandemia, y se diagnosticaban los tres primeros casos de COVID-19 en Cuba.  Objetivo:  Describir el comportamiento de 20 casos positivos a SARS CoV-2 en una unidad de cuidados intensivos.  Métodos:  Estudio observacional, descriptivo, de cohorte y prospectivo, aplicado entre marzo y julio del 2020, en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Hospital Clínico-Quirúrgico &#8220;Dr. Salvador Allende&#8221;, La Habana, Cuba. La población estuvo conformada por la totalidad de pacientes ingresados positivos a SARS CoV-2 (n= 20).  Resultados:  La edad promedio fue de 64,35 ± 15,21 años. El sexo masculino sobresalió. La estadía media fue 10,05 ± 5,5 días. El APACHE II medio fue de 16,6 ± 8,9. Los síntomas predominantes fueron la fiebre (55 %), la tos (25 %) y la disnea (20 %).  Conclusiones:  La mortalidad en pacientes con COVID-19 se asoció con la edad, con el aumento de la estadía en Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, elevados puntajes APACHE II, disminución de los valores de eritrosedimentación y del recuento linfocitario. La hipertensión fue el antecedente patológico más recurrente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  At the end of 2019 a new coronavirus caused an epidemic of acute respiratory disease in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization called this condition "coronavirus disease 2019" and declared it pandemic on 11 March 2020. On that same date the first three COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in Cuba.  Objective:  Describe the behavior of 20 SARS-CoV-2 positive cases in an intensive care unit.  Methods:  An observational descriptive prospective cohort study was conducted from March to July 2020 at the Intensive Care Unit of Dr Salvador Allende Clinical Surgical Hospital in Havana, Cuba. The study population was all the patients admitted for positive SARS-CoV-2 (n= 20).  Results:  Mean age was 64.35 ± 15.21 years. Male sex prevailed. Mean hospital stay was 10.05 ± 5.5 days. Mean APACHE II was 16.6 ± 8.9. The prevailing symptoms were fever (55%), coughing (25%) and dyspnea (20%).  Conclusions:  Mortality of COVID-19 patients was associated to age, a longer stay in the intensive care unit, high APACHE II scores, reduced erythrosedimentation values and lymphocyte count. Hypertension was the most common pathological antecedent.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[síndrome respiratorio agudo grave]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ventilación mecánica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[severe acute respiratory syndrome]]></kwd>
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