Table 1: Demographic characteristics of

the population studied, N = 101.

 

n (%)

Demographic characteristics

Age*

Body mass index (kg/m2)

Deaths

Discharges due to improvement

Transfer/voluntary discharges

 

52.3 ± 11.9

31.6 ± 6.1

40 (39.6)

55 (54.5)

1 (1.0)

Pathological history

Obesity‡

Systemic arterial hypertension

Diabetes mellitus

Alcoholism

Pulmonary disease§

Heart disease

Kidney disease

Liver disease

 

51 (50.5)

37 (36.6)

27 (26.7)

7 (6.9)

16 (15.8)

4 (4.0)

2 (2.0)

1 (1.0)

Days of evolution*

10.9 ± 5

Symptoms

Fever

Headache

Myalgias

Arthralgias

General condition attack

Dyspnea

Cough

Rhinorrhea

Odynophagia

Diarrhea

Abdominal pain

Hyporexia

Vomiting

Dysosmia

 

61 (60.4)

41 (40.6)

46 (45.5)

42 (41.6)

75 (74.3)

83 (83.2)

52 (52.5)

11 (10.9)

31 (30.7)

10 (9.9)

3 (3.0)

16 (15.8)

2 (2.0)

11 (10.9)

Oxygen saturation on admission*

63% (± 18.4)

* Mean ± standard deviation.

‡ Obesity was defined as body mass index > 30, according to the criteria established by the World Health Organization.

§ Four patients had chronic cough, four had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, two had nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, two had interstitial disease, one had pulmonary fibrosis and one had asthma.

All four patients had chronic heart failure.