Erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the evolution of covid -19 patients attended at the CLAS health center, Nuevo Lurin-2021

Abstract

Background: To determine the values of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the evolution of patients with COVID -19 with treatment attended at the CLAS Health Center, Nuevo Lurín.

Methods: The research was applied with an observational and descriptive method. The approach was quantitative, applied and cross-sectional. The study population was 13,000 patients in the CLAS center in Nuevo Lurin. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, there were only 45 male and female patients attended at the CLAS Health Center in Nuevo Lurin between February and June 2021, to whom the capillary method was applied in order to determine the values of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in the evolution of COVID-19 patients. The data collection instrument was a record card.

Results: It was compared that between male and female sex, there are statistically significant differences between the 45 COVID-19 patients evaluated. Higher values were identified in 7 male patients, while in women there was 1 patient with elevated values of erythrocyte sedimentation rate. This shows that there is a higher incidence of erythrocyte sedimentation rate in males.

Conclusion: Values of erythrocyte sedimentation rate were determined in 45 patients with COVID-19 evolution with treatment attended at the CLAS Health Center in Nuevo Lurin and confirming that erythrocyte sedimentation rate evolves significantly in COVID-19 patients.