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<journal-id>1561-3003</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. cuba. hig. epidemiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3003</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1561-30032023000100005</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización clínico-epidemiológica de pacientes hospitalizados positivos a COVID-19 procedentes de hogares de ancianos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical-Epidemiological Characterization of Hospitalized Patients Positive for COVID-19 at Nursing Homes]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Fonte Sevillano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Teresa]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Quesada Peña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Susel]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Marín Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Mesa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yanet]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Pino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yadira]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221; Departamento de Geriatría ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Hermanos Ameijeiras&#8221; Departamento de Investigaciones ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ La Habana]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>60</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-30032023000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-30032023000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-30032023000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción: Las personas mayores con COVID-19 muestran mayor riesgo de complicaciones y muerte. Se desconoce la situación clínica epidemiológica de adultos mayores cubanos institucionalizados.  Objetivo: Caracterizar desde la óptica clínica y epidemiológica a pacientes hospitalizados positivos a COVID-19, procedentes de hogares de ancianos.  Métodos: Estudio descriptivo transversal en 90 adultos mayores con COVID-19, ingresados en el Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico &#8220;Salvador Allende&#8221;, La Habana, Cuba, entre junio, y septiembre de 2021. Se resumieron los datos y se exploró la relación entre variables de interés.  Resultados: El 62,2 % refirió por lo menos un síntoma. En hombres, 42,9 % tenía 4 o más comorbilidades, y sufrieron complicaciones 54,8 % (p = 0,041). La fiebre, y la diarrea resultaron los motivos de ingreso más frecuentes en los fallecidos que en los vivos (p = 0,002). El 44,3 % (p &lt; 0,001) de los que egresaron vivos, se trataron con heberferón. El 100 % (p &lt; 0,001) de los fallecidos presentó un índice neutrófilo linfocitario mayor de 4 e infiltrado intersticial pulmonar. En promedio, los hombres se mantuvieron hospitalizados dos días más que las mujeres (p = 0,003).  Conclusiones: Todos los adultos mayores con COVID-19 procedentes de hogares de ancianos resultaron contacto de casos positivos. La fiebre como síntoma principal, y las complicaciones derivadas de la COVID-19; con predominio en el sexo masculino. El tratamiento y la vacunación, según los protocolos de actuación nacional para la COVID-19, mediaron, con una alta significación, en el estado al egreso.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: Older people with COVID-19 show higher risk of complications and death. The clinical epidemiological situation of institutionalized Cuban older adults is unknown.  Objective:  To characterize hospitalized patients positive for COVID-19 at nursing homes from a clinical and epidemiological perspective.  Methods:  A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 90 older adults with COVID-19, admitted to Salvador Allende Clinical Surgical Hospital, Havana, Cuba, from June to September 2021. Data were summarized and the relationship between variables of interest.  Results:  62.2% reported at least one symptom. In men, 42.9% had 4 or more comorbidities, and 54.8% suffered complications (p = 0.041). Fever and diarrhea were the most frequent reasons for admission in the deceased than in the living (p = 0.002). 44.3% (p &lt; 0.001) of those who were discharged alive were treated with HeberFERON. 100% (p &lt; 0.001) of the deceased showed a neutrophil-lymphocytic index higher than 4 and pulmonary interstitial infiltrate. On average, men stayed hospitalized two days longer than women (p = 0.003).  Conclusions:  All older adults with COVID-19 at nursing homes were contacts of positive cases. Fever was the main symptom, and the complications derived from COVID-19; predominantly in the male sex. Treatment and vaccination, according to the national action protocols for COVID-19, mediated, with high significance, in the state at discharge.]]></p></abstract>
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