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<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1029-30192021000501227</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evolución y pronóstico de pacientes con síndrome metabólico infectados por el nuevo coronavirus]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical course and prognosis of patients with metabolic syndrome infected by the new coronavirus]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Bell Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Josefa]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Céspedes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Eugenia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[George Carrión]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Wilberto]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Dirección Provincial de Salud  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>1227</fpage>
<lpage>1243</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000501227&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000501227&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192021000501227&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La COVID-19 es una infección del tracto respiratorio causada por el SARS-CoV-2, que aparece en pacientes con elevado factores de riesgo como el síndrome metabólico.  Objetivo:  Actualizar los conocimientos sobre la evolución y el pronóstico de pacientes con síndrome metabólico infectados por el nuevo coronavirus.  Desarrollo:  Las fuentes secundarias y terciarias consultadas explican la relación directa entre los factores de riesgo del síndrome metabólico y las formas graves de la COVID-19, de manera que la evolución clínica y el pronóstico de estos pacientes es muy desfavorable, a pesar de que los protocolos terapéuticos de actuación hoy día se consideran complejos y contextualizados.  Conclusiones:  La desfavorable evolución clínica de los pacientes con síndrome metabólico infectados por la COVID-19 enmascara su pronóstico, por lo que las estrategias terapéuticas actuales para la atención a estos enfermos no han podido detener el curso progresivo de la enfermedad infecciosa identificada en la comorbilidad metabólica, lo que dificulta la prevención de complicaciones.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  The COVID-19 is an infection of the respiratory tract caused by the SARS-CoV-2 that appears in patients with high risk factors as the metabolic syndrome.  Objective:  To update the knowledge on the clinical course and prognosis of patients with metabolic syndrome infected by the new coronavirus.  Development:  The secondary and tetiary sources consulted explain the direct relationship between the risk factors of the metabolic syndrome and the serious forms of the COVID-19, so that the clinical course and prognosis of these patients is very unfavorable, although the performance therapeutic protocols nowadays are considered complex and contextualized.  Conclusions:  The unfavorable clinical course of the patients with metabolic syndrome infected by the COVID-19 hides its prognosis, reason why the current therapeutic strategies for the care to these sick persons have not been able to stop the progressive course of the infectious disease identified in the metabolic comorbidity, that makes difficult the prevention of complications.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[síndrome metabólico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[comorbilidades]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sistema inmunitario]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[metabolic syndrome]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[infectious disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[comorbidities]]></kwd>
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