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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2312-3893</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2312-3893</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2312-38932023000200021</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2023.10.02.21</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de síntomas persistentes en pacientes con COVID-19 seguidos por el área de telemedicina del Hospital de Clínicas San Lorenzo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of persistent symptoms in patients with COVID-19 followed by the telemedicine area of &#8203;&#8203;the Hospital de Clínicas of San Lorenzo]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Montiel Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carmen Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ocampos Montiel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sara Elisa]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortiz Galeano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ignacio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital de Clínicas]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>21</fpage>
<lpage>28</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2312-38932023000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2312-38932023000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2312-38932023000200021&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  con la evolución de la pandemia de COVID-19 se observó que esta infección se comporta como un iceberg: en el vértice se ubican las complicaciones en el contexto de la infección aguda y en la base se van acumulando aquellos síntomas que persisten en el tiempo e impiden al paciente su recuperación total.  Objetivo:  determinar la prevalencia de síntomas persistentes en pacientes diagnosticados con COVID-19 seguidos por el área de telemedicina del Departamento de Control de Infecciones del Hospital de Clínicas, San Lorenzo, Paraguay, durante el periodo agosto 2020- abril 2021.  Metodología:  se aplicó un diseño estudio observacional, descriptivo, retrospectivo de corte transversal, con muestreo no probabilístico de casos consecutivos. Se incluyeron 236 cuestionarios digitales de pacientes seguidos por el área de telemedicina entre agosto 2020 y abril 2021.  Resultados:  la edad media fue 36± 10 años, 71,2% fue del sexo femenino. El 61% de los pacientes provenía del Departamento Central y 58,9% fue personal de blanco. El 29,7% padecía de obesidad. El 86,9% presentó un cuadro leve. Presentaron síntomas persistentes el 66,9% siendo la fatiga la más común (66,5%) y los síntomas duraron menos de tres meses en 55%.  Conclusiones: la edad promedio muestra mayoría de población joven, sobre todo mujeres y procedentes del Departamento Central. Más de la mitad califican como personal de blanco, la mayoría fueron obesos, casi todos presentaron un cuadro de COVID-19 leve y el síntoma persistente más frecuente fue la fatiga con una duración de menos que 3 meses.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction: With the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was observed that this infection behaves like an iceberg: at the apex there are the complications in the context of acute infection and at the base there are those symptoms that persist in the time and prevent the patient from full recovery.  Objective: To determine the prevalence of persistent symptoms in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 followed by the telemedicine area of &#8203;&#8203;the Infection Control Department of the Hospital de Clínicas, San Lorenzo, Paraguay, during the period August, 2020-April, 2021.  Methodology: An observational, descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional study design was applied, with non-probabilistic sampling of consecutive cases. Two hundred thirty-six digital questionnaires from patients followed by the telemedicine area between August, 2020 and April, 2021 were included.  Results: The mean age was 36 ± 10 years, 71.2% was female, 61% of the patients came from the Central Department and 58.9% was health professionals. Twenty-nine-point seven percent suffered from obesity while 86.9% presented a mild condition. Sixty-six-point nine percent presented persistent symptoms, fatigue being the most common (66.5%) and the symptoms lasted less than three months in 55%.  Conclusions: The mean age showed a majority of the young population, especially women from the Central Department. More than half qualified as health professionals, most were obese, almost all had mild COVID-19, and the most frequent persistent symptom was fatigue lasting less than 3 months.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[telemedicina.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[signs and symptoms]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chronic disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[telemedicine.]]></kwd>
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