Síndrome pós-covid: uma análise dos diagnósticos associados às reinternações hospitalares após a COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate the diagnoses attributed to patients hospitalized for the new coronavirus between March 1, 2020 and August 31, 2020 and readmitted to the same hospital into 6 months. Methods: This is an observational, experimental and descriptive study, analyzing the diagnoses received by the patients in the readmissions. The sample consisted of 100 randomly selected patients over 18 years of age. This study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (CEP - UFFS), under opinion 5.05.925 of October 2, 2021. Data collection was carried out, which obtained sociodemographic information (color, sex and age), clinical/hospital characteristics (date of readmission, date of admission and discharge, year of determination and outcome). Results: The sample consisted of 100 patients over 18 years of age. A higher prevalence of males (56%), whites (65%) and elderly (67%) was found. The most prevalent diagnosis received at readmission was cardiac insufficiency (26%). Admissions for an average period of time (8-29 days) accounted for 57% of admissions. Cardiac insufficiency was the cause of the highest readmissions in the elerly pacients (18%). The most prevalent outcome was hospital discharge (58%). The most prevalent outcomes were death/elderly and discharge/elderly, with both 33% age rates. Conclusions: Male, white and elderly pacients are more likely to be readmitted after COVID-19, constituting the main risk group, and heart failure is the main manifestation in readmissions.