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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1012-2966</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Gaceta Médica Boliviana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Gac Med Bol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1012-2966</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Mayor de San Simón]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1012-29662022000100041</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47993/gmb.v45i1.361</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Factores de Riesgo que Influyen en la Morbimortalidad de Pacientes con COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Risk Factors Influencing Morbidity and Mortality of Patients with COVID-19]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pahuasi Pardo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Villca Villegas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jose Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Mayor de San Simón Facultad de Medicina &#8220;Aurelio Melean&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Bolivia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Mayor de San Simón Facultad de Medicina &#8220;Aurelio Melean" Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Bolivia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>45</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>41</fpage>
<lpage>44</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1012-29662022000100041&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1012-29662022000100041&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1012-29662022000100041&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivos:  analizar los factores de riesgo asociados a la morbimortalidad de pacientes con covid-19 en el Hospital Dr. Benigno Sánchez.  Métodos:  el estudio fue de tipo descriptivo retrospectivo, la fuente de información fue recolectada a partir de historias clínicas de pacientes internados mayores de 18 años con diagnóstico de covid-19, con una muestra de 26 pacientes internados en área covid-19 en enero y febrero.  Resultados:  se evidencia la Tabla que la edad media de los pacientes que evolucionaron favorablemente es de +/- 62 años, además que el sexo más afectado que requiero internación es el masculino que conformo un total de un total de 20 de los 25 pacientes de la muestra tomada del hospital Benigno Sánchez.  Conclusiones:  el sexo masculino y las personas de la tercera edad es la población más afectada, además ser los que más presentan síntomas de covid-19 con tendencia a complicarse, requiriendo de internación para un mejor manejo de la evolución de la enfermedad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objectives:  to analyse the risk factors associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with covid-19 at the Hospital Dr. Benigno Sánchez.  Methods:  a retrospective descriptive was conducted, the source of information was collected from medical records of hospitalised patients over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of covid-19, with a sample of 26 patients hospitalised in the COVID-19 area in January and February.  Results:  It is evident from the table that the mean age of the patients who evolved favorably is +/-62 years, anc that the most affected sex requiring hospitalisation is male, which made up a total of 20 of the 25 patients in the sample taken from the Benigno Sanchez hospital.  Conclusions:  the male sex and the elderly are the most affected population, besides being the ones who present more covid-19 symptoms with a tendency to develop complications, requiring hospitalization for a better management of the disease evolution.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[factores de riesgo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[indicadores de morbimortalidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[supervivencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[risk factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[indicators of morbidity and mortality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[survival]]></kwd>
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