Clinical and epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in health professionals: a review of the literature.

Autor:	Soares ÉFM; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., Magalhães AJA; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., Lima AJPD; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., Nunes DN; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., Silva LC; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., Santos LG; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., da Silva RV; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., Cardoso VIDS; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., Nobre YVS; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil., de Souza CDF; Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Arapiraca, AL, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT [Rev Bras Med Trab] 2021 Sep 30; Vol. 19 (3), pp. 372-381. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 30 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.47626/1679-4435-2021-659
Abstrakt:	Occupational exposure is an important source of coronavirus transmission among health professionals. The objective of this study is to review the literature on the clinical and epidemiological profile of health professionals infected by COVID-19. An integrative review was conducted based on searches of the LILACS, Medline, and PubMed databases using the following terms: medical workers, healthcare workers, healthcare personnel, and healthcare professionals combined with COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, n-CoV, and coronavirus, with the Boolean operators "AND" and "OR". A total of 710 publications were identified, 18 of which were selected for the review, totaling 2,208 infected health professionals in eight countries. It was observed that 67.4% (n = 1,489) of these professionals were women, and 39.4% of the population described in the 15 studies that provided information on occupation (n = 811) were nurses. Seven publications (n = 553) reported severity, among which the most prevalent category was mild/common (47.3% of cases; n = 213). The most common comorbidities were migraine (9.6%, n = 87 of 906), systemic arterial hypertension (5.5%, n = 78 of 1,427), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (3.7%, n = 52 of 1,399). The most common symptoms were coughing (34.3%, n = 597 of 1,740), headache (36.8%, n = 582 of 1,583), and myalgia (31.6%, n = 544 of 1,720). The most frequent radiological findings were bilateral involvement (34.5%, n = 139 of 403), ground glass (49%, n = 101 of 206), and bilateral pneumonia (77.4%, n = 65 of 84). The study found that the most often affected health professionals were female nursing professionals, the main symptom was coughing, and the most frequent comorbidity was migraine. The study's limitation is the small sample. There is a need for more studies with these professionals. Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest: None
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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