Estado nutricional, comorbidades e desfechos clínicos de pacientes internados por COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: advanced age and comorbidities are associated with worse clinical outcome, prognosis and increased mortality in patients with covid-19. Objective: to describe the nutritional status of patients hospitalized for covid-19, comorbidities and outcomes (deaths and discharges). Methods: cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study. Held in 2020/2021, at the reference hospital in covid-19 in the Federal District. Patients hospitalized throughout the hospital were included, except the Burn Unit and Palliative Care clinic. The collection was made by electronic medical records, demographic and clinical data, as well as the evolution of the treatment until the outcome of medical discharge or death. Results: men are more affected, the most affected are those aged between 40 and 79 years, most were overweight or obese, which corroborated with a higher frequency of deaths. Conclusion: obesity was confirmed as an important factor for hospitalization and death outcome in individuals with covid-19.