Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit
<p><strong>Background</strong>: in the wide context of the COVID-19 epidemic, secondary bacterial infections represent an important risk factor for the entity's adverse outcomes.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize patients admitted to the intens...
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| author | Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey Lietter Aguilar Jure Yenisel Chang Cuesta Inte Santana Carballosa Victor René Navarro Machado Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus |
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| description | <p><strong>Background</strong>: in the wide context of the COVID-19 epidemic, secondary bacterial infections represent an important risk factor for the entity's adverse outcomes.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize patients admitted to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia and negative for COVID-19.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: descriptive study, carried out between March/2020 and March/2021, in a series of 338 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with a history of negative polymerase chain reaction to COVID-19, but with a diagnosis of acquired pneumonia in the community. Variables such as: age, sex, month of admission, requirement of artificial mechanical ventilation and condition at discharge were analyzed.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: 60.3% of the patients were male, and the age group from 60 to 79 years old (50.3%) was the most representative. 31.7% required artificial mechanical ventilation, and 61.8% remained hospitalized for less than 48 hours. 61.6% were discharged alive, with an average stay of 6.31 ± 10.62 days. There were 218 hospitalized for more than 10 days from the onset of symptoms and the completion of the COVID-19 diagnostic test.<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: during the epidemiological situation caused by COVID-19, patients were admitted to intensive care units with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia not related to the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Timely treatment, in some cases artificial mechanical ventilation, even prolonged, contributed to the low lethality and discharge with a better quality of life.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ab54fce138a4791922798093f51a2712025-01-30T21:29:00ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2023-03-012123213292274Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unitRodolfo Javier Rivero Morey0Lietter Aguilar Jure1Yenisel Chang Cuesta2Inte Santana Carballosa3Victor René Navarro Machado4Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus5Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. CienfuegosHospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. CienfuegosHospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. CienfuegosHospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. CienfuegosUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. CienfuegosUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos<p><strong>Background</strong>: in the wide context of the COVID-19 epidemic, secondary bacterial infections represent an important risk factor for the entity's adverse outcomes.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize patients admitted to the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia and negative for COVID-19.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: descriptive study, carried out between March/2020 and March/2021, in a series of 338 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with a history of negative polymerase chain reaction to COVID-19, but with a diagnosis of acquired pneumonia in the community. Variables such as: age, sex, month of admission, requirement of artificial mechanical ventilation and condition at discharge were analyzed.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: 60.3% of the patients were male, and the age group from 60 to 79 years old (50.3%) was the most representative. 31.7% required artificial mechanical ventilation, and 61.8% remained hospitalized for less than 48 hours. 61.6% were discharged alive, with an average stay of 6.31 ± 10.62 days. There were 218 hospitalized for more than 10 days from the onset of symptoms and the completion of the COVID-19 diagnostic test.<strong><br />Conclusions</strong>: during the epidemiological situation caused by COVID-19, patients were admitted to intensive care units with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia not related to the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Timely treatment, in some cases artificial mechanical ventilation, even prolonged, contributed to the low lethality and discharge with a better quality of life.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5571unidades de cuidados intensivossars-cov-2covid-19neumonía |
| spellingShingle | Rodolfo Javier Rivero Morey Lietter Aguilar Jure Yenisel Chang Cuesta Inte Santana Carballosa Victor René Navarro Machado Lya del Rosario Magariño Abreus Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit Medisur unidades de cuidados intensivos sars-cov-2 covid-19 neumonía |
| title | Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit |
| title_full | Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit |
| title_short | Characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit |
| title_sort | characterization of patients admitted with pneumonia and a negative diagnostic test for covid 19 in the intensive care unit |
| topic | unidades de cuidados intensivos sars-cov-2 covid-19 neumonía |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5571 |
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