Universidade Federal do Maranhão, School of Medicine - São Luís (MA), Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Graduate Program in Collective Health - São Luís (MA), Brazil.
Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2023 Feb 20;26:e230012. doi: 10.1590/1980-549720230012. eCollection 2023.
To describe the clinical characteristics of cases of COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Brazilian newborns (NBs) in 2020 and 2021, recorded in the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System (Sistema de Informação da Vigilância Epidemiológica da Gripe - SIVEP-Gripe).
The variables analyzed were gender, race/skin color, hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, use of ventilatory support, signs and symptoms (fever, cough, O2 saturation<95%, dyspnea, respiratory distress, diarrhea, and vomiting), progress (death or cure), risk factors/comorbidities. Categorical variables were expressed as absolute and relative frequencies.
We found 1,649 records of COVID-19 SARS in NBs, with a predominance of multiracial babies in both years. The most frequent symptoms in 2020 and 2021 were, respectively: respiratory distress (67.0 and 69.7%), fever (46.3 and 46.2%), and cough (37.0 and 46.3%). In 2020, 30.5% of patients received invasive ventilatory support; in 2021, this number was 41.6%. In addition, more than 55% of cases required ICU admission, and over 16% died.
We emphasize the high proportion of cases that required intensive care and progressed to death.
描述 2020 年和 2021 年巴西新生儿(NB)中 COVID-19 严重急性呼吸综合征(SARS)病例的临床特征,这些病例记录在流感流行病学监测信息系统(Sistema de Informação da Vigilância Epidemiológica da Gripe - SIVEP-Gripe)中。
分析的变量包括性别、种族/肤色、住院、重症监护病房(ICU)入院、使用呼吸机支持、体征和症状(发热、咳嗽、O2 饱和度<95%、呼吸困难、呼吸窘迫、腹泻和呕吐)、进展(死亡或治愈)、危险因素/合并症。分类变量表示为绝对和相对频率。
我们发现 1649 例 COVID-19 SARS 在 NB 中的记录,在这两年中,多种族婴儿均占多数。2020 年和 2021 年最常见的症状分别为:呼吸窘迫(67.0%和 69.7%)、发热(46.3%和 46.2%)和咳嗽(37.0%和 46.3%)。2020 年,30.5%的患者接受了有创性呼吸机支持;2021 年,这一数字为 41.6%。此外,超过 55%的病例需要入住 ICU,超过 16%的病例死亡。
我们强调需要重症监护和进展为死亡的病例比例很高。