Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Chronic heart diseases as the most prevalent comorbidities among deaths by COVID-19 in Brazil |
| Authors: |
Julianne Pachiega, Alexandre José dos Santos Afonso, Géssica Thaís Sinhorin, Bianca Teshima de Alencar, Marta dos Santos Miranda de Araújo, Fabiana Gulin Longhi, Andernice dos Santos Zanetti, Omar Ariel Espinosa |
| Source: |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 62 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: |
COVID-19, Prevalence, Deaths, Comorbidities, Brazil, Heart disease, Diabetes, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: |
ABSTRACT Age, sex and presence of comorbidities are risk factors associated with COVID-19. Hypertension, diabetes and heart disease are the most common comorbidities in patients with COVID-19. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of patients with comorbidities who died of COVID-19 in Brazil. Searches of data were carried out on the official pages of the 26 State health departments and the federal district. The random-effect method was used to calculate the prevalence of patients with comorbidities who died. From the beginning of the pandemic in Brazil until May 20, 2020, 276,703 cases of COVID-19 were notified in Brazil, 6.4% died, 58.6% of whom were male. The prevalence of comorbidities among deaths was 83% (95% CI: 79 - 87), with heart disease and diabetes being the most prevalent. To our knowledge, this study represents the first large analysis of cases of patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Brazil. There is a high prevalence of comorbidities (83%) among patients who died from COVID-19 in Brazil, with heart disease being the most prevalent. This is important considering the possible secondary effects produced by drugs such as hydroxychloroquine. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1678-9946 |
| Relation: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652020000100605&tlng=en; https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s1678-9946202062045 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/60ee1e6a0c42406fad984c726aebe9dc |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.60ee1e6a0c42406fad984c726aebe9dc |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
