Author | Hasslocher-Moreno, Alejandro Marcel | |
Author | Saraiva, Roberto Magalhães | |
Author | Silva, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da | |
Author | Xavier, Sergio Salles | |
Author | Sousa, Andréa Silvestre de | |
Author | Costa, Andrea Rodrigues da | |
Author | Mendes, Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha | |
Author | Mediano, Mauro Felippe Felix | |
Access date | 2022-05-16T14:00:09Z | |
Available date | 2022-05-16T14:00:09Z | |
Document date | 2022 | |
Citation | HASSLOCHER-MORENO, Alejandro Marcel et al. Chagas disease mortality during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A Brazilian referral center experience. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, v. 55, n. e0562, p.1-4, 2022 | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0037-8682 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/52693 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Scielo | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Chagas disease mortality during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A Brazilian referral center experience | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1590/0037-8682-0562-2021 | |
Abstract | Background: We investigated the mortality rates of patients with Chagas disease (CD) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and assessed the association between this mortality and CD clinical presentation and comorbidities.
Methods: This was an observational retrospective study with clinical data retrieved from medical records.
Results: Comorbidities were more prevalent among patients who died from COVID-19 than those who died from other causes. The proportion of patients according to CD clinical presentation was similar between the two groups.
Conclusions: The prevalence of comorbidities seems to be related to a poorer prognosis in CD and COVID-19. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Medicina. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Chagas disease | pt_BR |
Subject | COVID-19 | pt_BR |
Subject | Mortality | pt_BR |
Subject | Chronic heart disease | pt_BR |
Subject | Comorbidity | pt_BR |