TY - JOUR
T1 - SCHIZOPHRENIA in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak in a psychiatric hospital in COLOMBIA
AU - Rendon-Quintero, Eduardo
AU - Ortiz, Karla
AU - Vallejo Silva, Alexie
N1 - Funding Information:
We/The authors thank Universidad del Rosario for their support and funding of the manuscript translation and editing. We/The authors thank Crimson Interactive Pvt. Ltd. (Enago) ? https://www.enago.com/es/ for their assistance in manuscript translation and editing
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Herein, the characteristics of a group of hospitalized schizophrenic patients diagnosed with SARS Cov-2 are reported. The total number of COVID-19 positive schizophrenic patients at the time of this investigation was 46. During an internal outbreak in the clinic, all inpatients were diagnosed via PCR tests. Half the patients showed no symptoms of COVID-19, 22 (47.8%) patients suffered from associated diseases including hypertension and dyslipidemia, four patients had to be transferred to a General Hospital for pneumonia treatment, and none of the patients required ICU treatment. All patients recovered. Twenty of the patients were on clozapine as antipsychotic treatment.
AB - Herein, the characteristics of a group of hospitalized schizophrenic patients diagnosed with SARS Cov-2 are reported. The total number of COVID-19 positive schizophrenic patients at the time of this investigation was 46. During an internal outbreak in the clinic, all inpatients were diagnosed via PCR tests. Half the patients showed no symptoms of COVID-19, 22 (47.8%) patients suffered from associated diseases including hypertension and dyslipidemia, four patients had to be transferred to a General Hospital for pneumonia treatment, and none of the patients required ICU treatment. All patients recovered. Twenty of the patients were on clozapine as antipsychotic treatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113785
DO - 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113785
M3 - Letter
C2 - 33582523
AN - SCOPUS:85100604635
SN - 0165-1781
VL - 298
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
M1 - 113785
ER -
