Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022
<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic greatly strained health services throughout the world and Cuba was no exception. Although the proportion of confirmed cases in children was lower, it is necessary to describe the medical care provided to this sector of the popul...
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| author | Lairí García Ríos Milenys Acosta Fonseca Juan Carlos Yanes Macías Jesús Alberto García Sosa Aymé Marrero Gil Diana Rosa Sánchez Cabrera |
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| description | <p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic greatly strained health services throughout the world and Cuba was no exception. Although the proportion of confirmed cases in children was lower, it is necessary to describe the medical care provided to this sector of the population.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the medical services organization and hospital morbidity during COVID-19, from January 2021 to February 2022, at the Cienfuegos pediatric hospital.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> descriptive study carried out at the Cienfuegos Pediatric Hospital on medical care for children, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The variables number of cases, age, symptomatology, cases admitted to intensive care units, and discharge were analyzed.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 2758 confirmed COVID-19 patients were admitted; from June to September contributed to the greatest number of cases, with August as the most representative with 46.4%. Cienfuegos and Cumanayagua were the municipalities with the most cases; there was a predominance of children under five years of age (88.3%), mainly those under one year of age (49.2%). The asymptomatic clinical presentation was preponderant and mild symptoms. 1.1% of the total required intensive care and the lethality was 0.04%. The confrontation with the disease had an intersectoral character; compliance with the protocols and guidelines occurred in a context where the reorganization of services and knowledge management prevailed.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: timely medical care aimed at achieving the greatest scientific care detail, accompanied by continuous knowledge management, allowed most children with COVID-19 to be discharged satisfactorily.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c94915cbc8944cdf82582ce94abb54412025-01-30T21:29:01ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2023-07-012148338412368Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022Lairí García Ríos0Milenys Acosta Fonseca1Juan Carlos Yanes Macías2Jesús Alberto García Sosa3Aymé Marrero Gil4Diana Rosa Sánchez Cabrera5Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos. Cuba.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos. Cuba.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos. Cuba.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos. Cuba.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos. Cuba.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos. Cuba.<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> the COVID-19 pandemic greatly strained health services throughout the world and Cuba was no exception. Although the proportion of confirmed cases in children was lower, it is necessary to describe the medical care provided to this sector of the population.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the medical services organization and hospital morbidity during COVID-19, from January 2021 to February 2022, at the Cienfuegos pediatric hospital.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> descriptive study carried out at the Cienfuegos Pediatric Hospital on medical care for children, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The variables number of cases, age, symptomatology, cases admitted to intensive care units, and discharge were analyzed.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 2758 confirmed COVID-19 patients were admitted; from June to September contributed to the greatest number of cases, with August as the most representative with 46.4%. Cienfuegos and Cumanayagua were the municipalities with the most cases; there was a predominance of children under five years of age (88.3%), mainly those under one year of age (49.2%). The asymptomatic clinical presentation was preponderant and mild symptoms. 1.1% of the total required intensive care and the lethality was 0.04%. The confrontation with the disease had an intersectoral character; compliance with the protocols and guidelines occurred in a context where the reorganization of services and knowledge management prevailed.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: timely medical care aimed at achieving the greatest scientific care detail, accompanied by continuous knowledge management, allowed most children with COVID-19 to be discharged satisfactorily.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5832covid-19atención médicamorbilidad |
| spellingShingle | Lairí García Ríos Milenys Acosta Fonseca Juan Carlos Yanes Macías Jesús Alberto García Sosa Aymé Marrero Gil Diana Rosa Sánchez Cabrera Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022 Medisur covid-19 atención médica morbilidad |
| title | Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022 |
| title_full | Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022 |
| title_fullStr | Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022 |
| title_short | Medical care in the fight against COVID-19. Cienfuegos Pediatric University Hospital 2021-2022 |
| title_sort | medical care in the fight against covid 19 cienfuegos pediatric university hospital 2021 2022 |
| topic | covid-19 atención médica morbilidad |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5832 |
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