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Introduction: The current COVID-19 pandemic had its first reported cases in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. COVID-19's pandemic status was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease resulting from the infection caused by the new coronavirus. Most cases of infection are not serious, but some infected individuals require hospitalization and intensive care. Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients admitted to the ICU-Covid-19 of Hospital Júlio Müller, Cuiabá-MT, from April to November 2020. Methodology: This is a retrospective, observational and descriptive study, carried out from the collection of information from medical records of patients admitted to the ICU COVID-19. Results: The sample of 99 patients corresponds to 51% male and 49% female, aged between 18 and 104 years, with a mean age of 49.5 years. Of these, 33% do not have any adjuvant disease; 67% have preexisting diseases, with 58% being cardiovascular diseases. As for ventilatory devices on admission of patients, 35% used invasive ventilatory support and 65% used spontaneous ventilation. Regarding the patients' outcome, 30% progressed to death, 69% progressed to ICU discharge and 1% was transferred from a hospital unit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan city, China, an infectious disease known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and named by the World Health Organization (WHO) as covid-19. Since then, several actions have been taken by heads of state from around the world in order to contain the spread of the disease that plagues all continents. As a result of the lack of consensus on the measures to be adopted in the face of the current world crisis, the social inequalities that already existed have been exacerbated, focusing on discourses, previously stifled, on the situation of public health, social inequality, and the Brazilian economy. Such speeches have often been linked in the media through cartoons, criticizing the postures of different administrative spheres in the face of the current world crisis scenario resulting from the pandemic of the new coronavirus. The cartoon textual genre presents a critical and ideological view on the theme, providing a deep reflection, explored in the present study by the bias of Critical Discourse Analysis (ACD) according to Teun Van Dijk, through the social representations that influence the interpretation and construction of the senses, opening the critical view of social problems, through the production of the discourse of power, domination, and social inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 is a disease caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Clinical manifestations occur mainly in respiratory system, however some studies have reported extra-pulmonary changes, such as oral and maxillofacial implications. This study aims to verify the possible oral and maxillofacial implications of COVID-19. Therefore, an integrative literature review was carried out. Systematic searches were carried out in SciELO, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar from June 6 to 8, 2020. Inclusion criteria were studies that evaluated oral and / or maxillofacial manifestations of COVID-19 and portrayed clinical cases of patients with the disease. Exclusion criteria were studies that were unavailable for reading in full, literature reviews and letters to the editor. Twelve studies were selected, in which the main manifestations were changes in taste and smell, dry mouth, ulcers in the oral mucosa and increase in cervical and submandibular lymph nodes, which may present together with other respiratory symptoms or in isolation. Because of this, the identification of some of these changes can contribute to the early diagnosis of the disease, however more studies are needed to improve the scientific evidence on the subject, to clarify whether part of these changes are manifestations of the disease or a consequence of the immune status of the patient. patient who favors the development of opportunistic infections and neglect of oral hygiene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]