Clinical Profile of Critical Oncological Patients with COVID-19

Authors

  • Ana Karoline Brito de Oliveira Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Marabá (PA), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-7454
  • Matheus Sodré de Araújo Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Marabá (PA), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1947-361X
  • Samuel Filipe Lopes Alves Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Marabá (PA), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1437-5674
  • Luiz Euclides Coelho de Souza Filho Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Marabá (PA), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0828-0911
  • Marianne Lucena da Silva Universidade Federal de Jataí. Jataí (GO), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7678-9007
  • Katiane da Costa Cunha Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde. Marabá (PA), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5361-5090

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2023v69n1.3060

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, neoplasms, intensive care units

Abstract

Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 infection has a broad clinical spectrum, which can be categorized by its level of severity. Being an oncological patient is described in the literature as an important risk factor for more severe levels of the disease resulting from a state of immunosuppression. Objective: To compare demographic and clinical characteristics among cancer and non-cancer patients with COVID-19 in a referral hospital in the city of Belém, Pará. Method: Retrospective and quantitative study of analysis of medical records of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between April and July 2020. For data analysis, the relative risk was calculated with a 95% confidence interval and test t. Results: The sample consisted in 53, mostly females (31; 58.49%) ICU patients diagnosed with COVID-19. There was a predominance of the outcome death for the group of cancer patients (27; 81.8%), as well as a greater number of non-neoplastic comorbidities among cancer patients (19; 57.5%). Cancer patients had longer invasive ventilatory support, with a mean of ten days (13; 39.39%). Conclusion: There were differences in demographic characteristics and interventions performed among the groups investigated.

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Published

2023-01-31

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Oliveira AKB de, Araújo MS de, Alves SFL, Souza Filho LEC de, Silva ML da, Cunha K da C. Clinical Profile of Critical Oncological Patients with COVID-19. Rev. Bras. Cancerol. [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 26];69(1):e-133060. Available from: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/3060

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