COVID-19: COMPLICATIONS IN ICU
INTERCURRENCES AND COMPLICATIONS PRESENTED BY PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED FOR COVID-19 IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
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https://doi.org/10.53843/bms.v10i14.613Keywords:
COVID-19, Intensive Care Units, DEATHAbstract
Introduction: COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, was declared a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. The disease causes various symptoms and complications, especially in patients with comorbidities. The objective of this study was to understand what were the main complications and complications presented by patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU) who died. Methods: This is a descriptive, quantitative, documentary research. We used collection and analysis of medical records of patients over 18 years of age diagnosed with COVID-19 who were admitted to the intensive care unit of a municipal hospital in XXX between May 2020 and May 2021, totaling 176 patients. Results: The mean age of the patients was 65 years, and 103 (58.5%) were male and 73 (41.5%) were female. Among them, the most prevalent disease was hypertension, present in 112 (63.3%) patients, followed by obesity in 68 (38.6%) patients and diabetes mellitus in 54 (30.7%) patients. The study revealed that the main complications in the patients studied were sepsis (97.1%), associated infection (87.4%), refractory hypoxia (83.5%), renal failure (78.4%), and pulmonary embolism (59.1%). Discussion: Sepsis can be caused by bacteria or by SARS-COV-2 itself, generating an insufficient response from the circulatory system. The presence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease caused faster death, and obese patients died younger when compared to non-obese patients. In addition, hypertensive patients had renal failure as the main complication. Conclusion: We conclude that these correlations were important in understanding what a patient who dies from COVID-19 usually presents.
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