Perfil da síndrome respiratória aguda grave por diagnóstico de COVID-19 no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Abstract: This research, developed during the year of 2020, seeks to identify the sociodemographic characteristics and epidemiological data of the patients diagnosed with COVID-19 which evolved with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in three different periods of the pandemics at Rio Grande do Sul (RS) and evaluate possible changes in the dynamic of virus in the state. It’s a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The sample was composed by all the cases of SARS confirmed to SARS CoV-2 through the Epidemiological Reports provided by the Secretary of Health of RS in the 17th, 30th and 42th epidemiological weeks of the months of April, July and October, respectively, adding up to 18.977 cases. It was observed, as well as characterized, 18.977 hospitalizations (100%), 5.473 deaths (28.84%), which 3.557 (64.99%) occurred in intensive care units and 97% presented at least one risk factor, which the most prevalent were advanced age, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. It was also observed that only 14% of the deaths had higher education. In general, it was identified a feminization and aging of the disease. Based on the results, it was possible to better understand the epidemiological profile of SARS cases secondary to the new coronavirus during the beginning of the pandemics at the RS and in two posterior moments, allowing to outline the transition of characteristics that composed the studied groups over the months.