Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Jul 2023)

Sociodemographic profile, diagnoses and nursing care in post-COVID-19 patients in a Brazilian university hospital

  • Evelyn Klein dos Santos,
  • Fernando Riegel,
  • Jhonatan Tyson Barros Azevedo,
  • Maria da Graça Oliveira Crossetti,
  • Margarita Ana Rubin Unicovsky,
  • Jussara Gue Martini,
  • Paula Bresolin,
  • Andrea Aparecida Gonçalves Nes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0730
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 76, no. suppl 1

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ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the sociodemographic profile, diagnoses and nursing care of post-COVID-19 patients admitted to a university hospital in southern Brazil. Methods: a retrospective cohort study. The sample consisted of 1,467 medical records, from January 2020 to January 2021. Results: from the analyzed medical records, the most prevalent profiles, respectively, included: males (52.9%); white (81.1%); with Impaired Physiological Balance Syndrome* Nursing Diagnosis (77.3%); nursing care implementing aerosol precautions (94.5%); implementing droplet precautions (93.4%); checking vital signs (91.9%); applying standard disinfectant to equipment and surfaces (89.6%). Conclusions: the analysis of the sociodemographic profile, diagnoses and nursing care of patients in this study may contribute to implementing the Nursing Process in the coronavirus pandemic context.

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