• Guadalupe Maza-De La Torre, Edgardo A Montelongo-Mercado, Héctor F Noyola-Villalobos, Antonio García-Ruiz, Sergio Hernández-Díaz, Martha Santiago-Torres, Luis F Moreno-Delgado, Ricardo Carrera-Altamirano, Omar E Muñoz-Monroy, Adriana Martínez-Cuazitl, Mayra A Martínez-González, Martín U Vázquez-Medina, Óscar Alvarado-Uribe, Julián Torres-Vázquez, Aldo Figueroa-Peña, and Iván N Martínez-Salazar.
• Directorate.
• Gac Med Mex. 2021 Jan 1; 157 (3): 237-244.

IntroductionCOVID-19, caused by the betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has overwhelmed the world's health systems.ObjectiveTo describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients treated in a tertiary care hospital.MethodsA retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID-19 from March 23 to July 31, 2020 was conducted.Results4,401 patients were hospitalized at Central Military Hospital, out of which 35 % were beneficiaries, 26 % civilians, 28 % active military personnel, and only 11 %, retired military personnel. Male gender predominated, both in hospitalized patients and in those who died, as well as the O+ group and absence of comorbidities; among the observed comorbidities, the main ones were overweight and diabetes. Hospitalized patients' median age was 49 years, while median age of those who died was 62 years; women older than 51 years had a higher risk of dying. Adjusted case fatality rate was 18.5 %; 50 % died within the first six days.ConclusionsIn this study, the epidemiological characteristics and main comorbidities in Mexican patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified.Copyright: © 2021 Permanyer.

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