Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has left unprecedented human and economic repercussions, being an important Public Health problem with significant rates of contagion and hospitalization, so it is necessary not to stop investigating everything that could shed light for better management in future situations.Methods: The present study focused on investigating the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in adult patients hospitalized for COVID-19 at the Hospital Clinico Herminda Martin de Chillan, during the period March to June 2020. The sample corresponded to 126 adult patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in a descriptive cross-sectional study.Results: The mean age was 56.2 years, 60.3% were men, the mean hospital stay was 9 days, and medical indication and death were the main reasons for discharge. The critical patients had a mean age of 55.9 years, 68.9% were men, the main diseases were arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity, dyspnea, cough and fever were the most common signs and symptoms, the mean hospitalization was After 16 days, and medical indication and death were the main reasons for discharge and high ferritin. CRP and HSV were the most important laboratory findings.Conclusion: It is concluded that increasing the number of laboratory abnormalities on admission increases the risk of ICU admission and therefore mortality.