Objectives To describe and assess clinical characteristics and factors associated with mortality in adult patients with COVID-19 admitted to a national referral hospital in Peru. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study that included hospitalized patients older than 18 years with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection diagnosis. Patients with a positive rapid serological test on admission but no respiratory symptoms nor compatible images were excluded. We collected the data from clinical records. Results A total of 813 adults were included, 544 (66.9%) with confirmed COVID-19. The mean age was 61.2 years (standard deviation: 15.0), and 575 (70.5%) were male. The most frequent comorbidities were hypertension (34.1%) and obesity (25.9%). On admission, the most frequent symptoms were dyspnea (82.2%) and cough (53.9%). A total of 114 (14.0%) patients received mechanical ventilation, 38 (4.7%) were admitted to the intensive care unit, and 377 (46.4%) died. The requirement for ventilatory support, greater lung involvement, and inflammatory markers were associated with higher mortality. It was found that for every 10-year age increase, the risk of dying increased 32% (relative risk: 1.32; 95% confidence interval: 1.25 to 1.38). Those who were admitted to the intensive care unit and and were placed on mechanical ventilation had 1.39 (95% confidence interval: 1.13 to 1.69) and 1.97 (95% confidence interval: 1.69 to 2.29) times the risk of dying compared to those who did not, respectively. Conclusion We found a high mortality rate among hospitalized patients associated with older age, higher inflammatory markers, and greater lung involvement.

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Objetivo: Describir y comparar las características clínico anatomopatológicas, pronóstico y sobrevida a 5 años en carcinoma gástrico resecable con linfadenectomia D2 con diámetro tumoral < 10 cm. (SG1) y >10 cm. grande (Sg2). Material y métodos: Cohorte que analizó a 139 pacientes con carcinoma gástrico avanzado con diámetro tumoral < 10 cm (n = 120) y grande resecable > 10 cm (n = 19) con linfadenectomía D2 atendidos en el Instituto Regional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas del Norte, durante el periodo 2009 – 2014. Resultados: La edad media en el SG1 fue de 60,91 ± 13,06 años, mientras que en SG2, fue de 64,84 ± 15,01 años respectivamente. En el SG1 los factores pronósticos asociados a la sobrevida fueron el tumor primario (p=0.007), estado ganglionar regional (p=0.0001), estadio clínico (p=0.0001) y el tipo histológico (p=0.028). En el SG2 las características anatomopatológicas fueron en mayor frecuencia, localización tumoral en el tercio inferior (52,6%), Borrmann III (31,6%), tumor primario T4a (47,4%), estado ganglionar N3b (36,8%), estadio clínico III (78,9%) y tipo intestinal difuso (47,4%). La tasa de sobrevida global a 5 años para el SG1 y SG2 fue 42% vs 13,6% respectivamente (p = 0,001). Conclusiones: Las características clínicas y anatomopatológicas fueron similares en ambos grupos de estudio independientemente del tamaño del tumor. Sin embargo hay diferencia estadísticamente significativa con relación a la sobrevida a 5 años, por lo que este factor pronóstico importante que debería ser incluido en este sistema para una mejor estratificación y manejo individualizado de pacientes.