Características clínicas y epidemiológicas en pacientes con Sars-Cov-2.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially serious respiratory infection, caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The clinical manifestations of SARS-COV-2 occur and affect more than one system in the body, including the neurological, respiratory, dermatological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and other systems, making it clear that it is a pathology that in addition to being opportunistic , It can cause serious consequences and even death in those who suffer from the disease. One of the most useful principles when approaching the study of a patient is one that closely relates them to the epidemiology of the local environment in which the patient lives and the links they have. Through epidemiological characterization such as sex, comorbidities / risk factors, travel history, occupation; and clinical variables. The most common clinical findings found in most age groups are cough, sore throat, fever, chills, and malaise. A slight predominance of male versus female COVID-19 patients was identified, in addition to being arterial hypertension, neurological and cardiovascular disease and diabetes, the main comorbidities; These findings are similar to those reported by different studies at the global, national and regional levels, showing that these results have multifactorial causes, associated with genetic predisposition, immune response and exposure in the workplace. The methodology used was of a document review type to search for relevant information on the subject from secondary sources.