Objective To study the profile of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the Unified Health
System (SUS) in Brazil and to identify factors associated with in-hospital mortality related to …

Background Almost 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Brazil in 2020. The
case fatality rate of a new infectious disease can vary by different risk factors and over time …

Background Brazil became the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic in a brief period of a few
months after the first officially registered case. The knowledge of the epidemiological/clinical …

Brazil is, at the time of writing, the global epicenter of COVID-19, but information on risk
factors for hospitalization and mortality in the country is still limited. Demographic and …

Objective This study describes epidemiological and clinical features of patients with
confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed and treated at Hospital Israelita Albert …

Background: Brazil faces some challenges in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic,
including: the risks for cross-infection (community infection) increase in densely populated …

Objectives To describe the clinical characteristics, laboratory results, imaging findings, and
in-hospital outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to Brazilian hospitals. Methods A cohort …

Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted
inequalities in access to healthcare systems, increasing racial disparities and worsening …

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has spread worldwide, and almost 396 million people
have been infected around the globe. Latin American countries have been deeply affected …

Objective This study describes epidemiological and clinical features of patients with
confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed and treated at Hospital Israelita Albert …