For a few weeks, although the health reality is already quite different –More than 67% of the population has received the two doses of the anticovid vaccine, hospitalizations and deaths have dropped considerably and some departments have turned green again, according to the Harvard index– discharges from intensive care units have stagnated, although fewer and fewer patients are admitted.
What explanation does this have?
Although in just under two months Uruguay dropped from 544 to 40 patients admitted to these units for covid, there are “several of them” who remain in the centers due to complications caused by the virus, despite having the “epidemiological discharge”, reported the secretariat of the Uruguayan Society of Intensive Medicine (SUMI) in a statement posted on Twitter.
The main reason, specified the Sumi, It is because some patients, such as those found with AVMI (invasive mechanical ventilatory assistance) or have bacterial, fungal or other infectious complications, they tend to stay longer. These cases are considered as “chronic critical” patients, who generally spend more than 21 days in CTI.
“The characteristics of these patients largely explain the decrease in discharges of covid patients“, the secretariat explained.
The stable behavior of positive cases, as well ass few admissions to CTI reported, is, according to the medical society, product of the effects of vaccination. A downward balance is also reported in the death registry, where in the last week there were days without deaths.
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Average at the end of the week of bed occupancy from February 20 to August 14, 2021
“Revenues have declined markedly, due to the lower number of active cases, thanks to vaccination, Y most of the patients who have been admitted in the last month were not immunized“, the text affirmed, although it clarified that a low percentage of the cases entered with the complete vaccination process (with any of the vaccine platforms).
Admissions have decreased markedly, due to the lower number of active cases, thanks to vaccination, and most of the patients who have been admitted in the last month were not immunized.
— SUMI (@SecretariaSumi) August 14, 2021
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Evolution of admissions and discharges to CTI from February 20 to August 14 and the provision of ICU beds
“All Vaccines are safe and are responsible for the notable decrease in cases and therefore hospital admissions and deaths. From SUMI we urge all those who have not yet been vaccinated, to make an appointment to do so, it is the best way to protect what has been achieved and to stop the threats posed by the appearance of new risk variants. We are improving, but this pandemic is not over yet, “he concluded.
