2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101804
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Mortalidade Em Pacientes Admitidos Por Covid-19 Na Unidade De Terapia Intensiva Do Hospital Geral De Caxias Do Sul

Abstract: Introdução/Objetivo O SARS-COV-2 mostrou-se uma grave ameaça à saúde global. O grande número de infectados desencadeou altas taxas de mortalidade e sobrecarga do sistema de saúde. O prognóstico da doença é muito variável e dependente de diversos fatores. Dessa forma, neste trabalho buscou-se identificar a mortalidade dos pacientes por covid-19 admitidos nas Unidades de Terapia Intensiva em um hospital brasileiro, bem como suas características clínicas e epidemiológicas. Métodos … Show more

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“…Among the evaluated comorbidities, SAH was significantly associated with the outcome of death (p=0.002). This result was also observed in several national studies 7,20,22 and international 23,30,31 . Such data were also found by Deng et al (2021), which relates this to the association of hypertension and death due to the decrease in the activity of the angiotensin-2 converting enzyme (ACE-2), an enzyme that is a receptor for SARS-CoV-2, thus facilitating viral infiltration in the lung cells 32 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
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“…Among the evaluated comorbidities, SAH was significantly associated with the outcome of death (p=0.002). This result was also observed in several national studies 7,20,22 and international 23,30,31 . Such data were also found by Deng et al (2021), which relates this to the association of hypertension and death due to the decrease in the activity of the angiotensin-2 converting enzyme (ACE-2), an enzyme that is a receptor for SARS-CoV-2, thus facilitating viral infiltration in the lung cells 32 .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Similar data were also found in most of the analyzed studies. 7,22,23 , in which they associated the most frequent outcome death among elderly patients. Nascimento et al (2020) and Silva (2022) relate this prevalence of worse outcome among older patients to the presence of comorbidities and consequent susceptibility to clinical aggravations 28,29 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%