2020
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020ao6022
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Abstract: Objective This study describes epidemiological and clinical features of patients with confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed and treated at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein , which admitted the first patients with this condition in Brazil. Methods In this retrospective, single-center study, we included all laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein , São Paulo, Brazil, from Febru… Show more

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“…In addition, most symptomatic patients presented mild cases of COVID-19, as reported by Meyts et al [14]. The symptoms most frequently described in our 99 patients with COVID-19 were similar to those described in other series of patients with or without IEI [14,[28][29][30][31].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…In addition, most symptomatic patients presented mild cases of COVID-19, as reported by Meyts et al [14]. The symptoms most frequently described in our 99 patients with COVID-19 were similar to those described in other series of patients with or without IEI [14,[28][29][30][31].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…continuous positive airway pressure, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, or high flow nasal cannula) due to the risk of aerosol dispersion 12 . There is still controversy regarding the efficacy of non-invasive MV devices to avoid endotracheal intubation 13 but the need for invasive MV in this patient population under study was similar to other ICUs where non-invasive MV was applied: 65% (São Paulo, Brazil) 14 , 71% (Washington State, United States) 15 , 71% (Wuhan, China) 16 , 80.8% (Detroit, United States) 17 , 88% (Lombardy region, Italy) 18 , 96.7% (Mexico City, Mexico) 19 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 66%
“…The models are candidates only and the results cannot be representative beyond the patient health profiles of this reference hospital in Sao Paulo/Brazil that attends a high social-economic segment [ 37 ]. The sample refers to the initial phase of the pandemics in Brazil and the patterns may change with medicine prescriptions and other adaptations of SARS-CoV-2.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%