CLINICAL AND NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL COVID-19 PATIENTS

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https://doi.org/10.48075/rfc.v25i41.30203

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic represents a challenge for health systems, in large part
due to the high mortality rate of the disease in older population. Objective: to
correlate Covid-19 patients admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with
laboratory tests, anthropometric data and the clinical outcome of the disease.
Methodology: an epidemiological and cross-sectional study was performed using
secondary databases, analyzing the laboratory and nutritional parameters of
Covid-19 patients admitted to the ICU between March 2020 and March 2021.

Sociodemographic, laboratory and clinical data were collected from hospitalized
Covid-19 patients in the hospital. Results: inverse correlations were observed
between age and anthropometric indicators. The use of a greater number of
medications was associated with lower final Body Mass Index (BMI) and arm
circumference (AC) values. Patients who died were older, had shorter hospital
stays, higher creatinine levels and lower baseline anthropometric indicators.

Conclusions: older patients had lower anthropometric values and those with
chronic diseases had a worse prognosis in the evolution of Covid-19.

Author Biographies

Samyra Soligo Rovani, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná.

Graduada em Medicina. Especialista em Geriatria e em Urgência, Emergência Médica e Terapia Intensiva. Mestre em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde, pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. 

Kaio Luís Puntel, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Graduando em Medicina. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. 

Larissa Ambrozim de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Graduanda em Mediciana. Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. 

Ana Paula Vieira, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

PHD. Docente Associada da Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná – UNIOESTE. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Aplicadas à Saúde. 

Published

26-05-2023

How to Cite

SOLIGO ROVANI, S.; PUNTEL, K. L.; AMBROZIM DE OLIVEIRA, L. .; VIEIRA, A. P. . CLINICAL AND NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL COVID-19 PATIENTS. Revista Faz Ciência, [S. l.], v. 25, n. 41, 2023. DOI: 10.48075/rfc.v25i41.30203. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/fazciencia/article/view/30203. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2025.

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