Clinical-epidemiological characterization of confirmed COVID-19 patients in Pinar del Río

Authors

  • Martha Beatriz Cuello Carballo Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. León Cuervo Rubio http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-2138
  • Humbelina Díaz Alfonso Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. León Cuervo Rubio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7497-6925
  • Juan Eloy Cruz Quesada Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. León Cuervo Rubio
  • Heidy Liana Carbó Rodríquez Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. León Cuervo Rubio
  • Daniesky Dopico Ravelo Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. León Cuervo Rubio

Keywords:

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, PANDEMIC, CORONAVIRUS, ADULT, CLINICAL EVOLUTION, SECONDARY CARE.

Abstract

Introduction: the study of the characteristics of COVID-19 patients allows the determination of risk groups and specific populations and the strategies designed by the institutions to deal with this situation.

Objective: to characterize clinical and epidemiologically the confirmed COVID-19 patients in Pinar del Río.

Methods: an observational, descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study including the 52 confirmed cases of COVID-19 between March and May 2020 was conducted. Data were collected from clinical records and epidemiological surveys. Descriptive statistics was used.

Results: the age group between 40 and 59 years old predominated (rate of 8,2 per 10 thousand inhabitants), with predominance of male sex (rate of 0,8 per 10 thousand inhabitants). The 94,2 % of the patients presented a precise source of infection at the time of admission. The most frequent symptoms were fever (51,9 %), cough (40,4 %) and rhinorrhea (21,1 %). High blood pressure was present in 11,11 % of the patients, where 35,7 % of hypertensive patients developed acute inflammatory pneumopathy; 86,5 % of the patients were discharged from hospital after 14 days and 96,2 % were epidemiologically discharged after 28 days.

Conclusions: transmission was mostly autochthonous, less asymptomatic, where fever and cough were the main symptoms. Patients with comorbidities developed more complications. A positive response to treatment was found, achieving high percentages of clinical and epidemiological discharge at 14 and 28 days respectively.

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Author Biographies

Martha Beatriz Cuello Carballo, Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. León Cuervo Rubio

Doctora en Medicina. Especialista de I Grado en Higiene y Epidemiología. Instructora. Jefa del Departamento de Epidemiología Hospitalaria.

Humbelina Díaz Alfonso, Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Docente Dr. León Cuervo Rubio

Doctor en Medicina.

Especialista de primer y segundo Gradio en Medicina Interna.

MSc. Educación Médica

Profesor Auxiliar

Investigador Agregado

Jefe de Departamento Docente e Investigación

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2020-08-31

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Cuello Carballo MB, Díaz Alfonso H, Cruz Quesada JE, Carbó Rodríquez HL, Dopico Ravelo D. Clinical-epidemiological characterization of confirmed COVID-19 patients in Pinar del Río. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 31 [cited 2025 Aug. 23];24(5):e4581. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/4581

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