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Epidemiological characteristics of the COVID-19 outbreak in a secondary hospital in Spain()

OBJECTIVES: In 2019 Chinese authorities alerted of the appearance of a cluster of cases of unknown pneumonia related to a new type of coronavirus. Spain is among the most affected countries. Our aim is to describe the cases of COVID-19 at Infanta Sofía University Hospital (Madrid), a public secondar...

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Autores principales: Giesen, Christine, Diez-Izquierdo, Laura, Saa-Requejo, Carmen María, Lopez-Carrillo, Inmaculada, Lopez-Vilela, Carmen Alejandra, Seco-Martinez, Alicia, Prieto, María Teresa Ramirez, Malmierca, Eduardo, Garcia-Fernandez, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7834034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32663494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.07.014
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: In 2019 Chinese authorities alerted of the appearance of a cluster of cases of unknown pneumonia related to a new type of coronavirus. Spain is among the most affected countries. Our aim is to describe the cases of COVID-19 at Infanta Sofía University Hospital (Madrid), a public secondary hospital that increased its hospital beds to provide assistance during the outbreak. METHODS: Retrospective descriptive study of cases that met COVID-19 clinical diagnosis criteria or had a positive PCR test from February 27 to June 29, 2020. A description of demographic variables, hospital stay, mortality and the epidemiological curve was performed. RESULTS: Of 1,828 confirmed cases, 64.4% were hospitalised, 5.6% were admitted to the ICU. About 52.2% were male. The median age was 63.2 years. About 13.1% were nursing home residents. Nineteen percent were of Latin American origin of which 6.8% were admitted to the ICU. Overall case fatality was 14.6%. We observed a biphasic epidemiological curve. CONCLUSIONS: Sixty to 79-year-old males were admitted and deceased more often than women. Mortality reached 14.7%. Latin Americans were admitted more often to the ICU. Further studies about epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in hospitals are necessary.