Epidemiological profile of cases of serious respiratory syndrome in a campaign hospital in the state of pernambuco
International Journal of Development Research
Epidemiological profile of cases of serious respiratory syndrome in a campaign hospital in the state of pernambuco
Received 26th December, 2020 Received in revised form 09th December, 2020 Accepted 04th January, 2021 Published online 24th February, 2021
Copyright©2021 Simone Souza de Freitas, Maiza Morais da Silva, DhaynaWellin Silva de Araújo, Vitoria Andrade Bezerra, Milena Rafaela da Silva Cavalcanti, Stefany Letícia Almeida Cardoso da Silva, Danielly Alves Mendes Barbosa, Sarah Ellen Lopes de Albuquerque Alves e Silva, Fernando Matias Monteiro Filho, Stefany Catarine Costa Pinheiro, Dayane Vitória Chagas Marcolino, Sérgio Pedro da Silva, Vânia Maria Silva de Moraes, Flávia Maria Barros Lavra, Cristiano Berardo Carneiro da Cunha, Reginaldo Luís da Rocha Júnior, Wellington Manoel da Silva, 2021. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is characterized as a case of Flu Syndrome (SG), where the individual of any age presents the following signs and symptoms: high fever, even if referred, cough, dyspnea, myalgia, sore throat, saturation O2 <95%, respiratory distress, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fatigue and others. This is a cross-sectional study, developed from the SRAG notification forms, referring to the number of cases involving SRAG, obtained through the Epidemiological Surveillance Center of the Provisório do Recife Hospital 2- COVID-19 of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, from April to September 2020. 1,592 SRAG notification forms and their respective results were analyzed by the Epidemiological Surveillance Nucleus of Hospital Provisório do Recife 2- COVID-19. The average age of reported cases was 30 to 130 years. The highest frequency grouped by age was among the elderly (≥ 70 years) in 358 (15.1%) cases, followed by 51-60 years in 309 (14.3%) cases, 71-80 years in 296 (13.0 %) cases, 41-50 years in 195 (%) cases, 81-90 years in 189 (%) cases, 31-40 years in 134 (%) cases, 21-30 years in 49 (%) cases, 91- 100 years in 44 cases and 101-130 years in 2 (%) cases. In view of the pandemic scenario experienced in Pernambuco, quick solutions were taken, the COVID -19 field hospital located in the city of Recife with the largest number of beds among the others, was a great example of measures to contain the deficit of hospital beds in Pernambuco.