INITIAL RESEARCH CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DISEASE MODEL OF OUTPATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AT MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE MEDLATEC GROUP
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Objectives: To describe clinical characteristics and disease model of outpatients with a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection at medical facilities of MEDLATEC Group. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in 1040 outpatients at 5 medical facilities of MEDLATEC Group. Results: Females accounted for 55.67%. The mean age of the study group was 33.01 ± 17.91 (years old). Most of the patients at a prolonged stage of COVID-19 (75.0%) had received at least 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine (83.36%). There were 28.97% patients with underlying disease before SARS-CoV-2 infection, the highest were overweight and obesity (7.98%), hypertension (5.67%). 72.79% of patients had at least 1 clinical symptom, the most common were dry cough (29.81%), fatigue (21.06%), cough with phlegm (15.29%), chest pain, chest tightness (13.56%), short of breath (12.88%). The most common group of respiratory diseases is in all age groups. Then there is the pathology of neurology, cardiology in adults and the elderly, gastroenterology in children. Psychiatrics are only seen in adults and the elderly, but not in children. Conclusions: Indentifying the disease model helps managers to flexibly change their patient access strategy, in order to properly allocate medical resources to provide the best medical service.
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disease model, SARS-CoV-2 injection, post COVID-19 syndrome, MEDLATEC Group
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