@article{Iglesias Pertuz_Aroca-Martinez_Vélez-Verbel_Cadena Osorio_Cadena-Bonfanti_Correa-Monterrosa_Lemus Castro_Brochado_Armesto_Camargo Vasquez_Martínez Bula_Turizo Turizo_Avendaño Echavez_Hernández-Agudelo_Peña Vargas_Riascos_Palmera_Sierra_Varón Suárez_Gómez Giraldo_González-Torres_Navarro Quiroz_Vásquez Obeso_Ángel Depine_Ospino Herrera_2020, title={ Original article: Case-Serie of 4 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit in a hospital institution in Barranquilla, Colombia}, volume={7}, url={https://revistanefrologia.org/index.php/rcn/article/view/420}, DOI={10.22265/acnef.7.Supl.2.420}, abstractNote={<p>To present a COVID-19 case series with clinical admission criteria to Intensive Care Unit. Patients information was obtained from medical records, and daily clinical evaluation whereas diagnosis was carried out through paraclinical studies in blood, urine, PCR and diagnostic images in 4 patients with different comorbidities and epidemiological link for the development of COVID-19. All four cases were managed with chloroquine 300 mg orally every 12 hours and azithromycin orally every 24 hours for 5 days without complications or associated toxicity.The case 1 developed multiple organ failure, including acute kidney injury with an ICU stay of 4 days before his death, while cases 2, 3 and 4 had a favorable evolution and were discharged fromthe ICU. Rapid multicenter studies are required to scientifically guide a better diagnostic and management approach, in the context of a disease with a clinical-epidemiological behavior that must be studied in depth and will probably take many lives. In addition, due to the absence of sufficiently rapid tests, the use of a classification based on the severity of radiological lesions called CO-RADS (Covid-19 Imaging Reporting and Data System) could be of great importance to install available pharmacological treatments early and early mechanical respiratory support. </p>}, number={Supl.2}, journal={Revista Colombiana de Nefrología}, author={Iglesias Pertuz, Shirley and Aroca-Martinez, Gustavo and Vélez-Verbel, María and Cadena Osorio, Andrés and Cadena-Bonfanti, Andrés and Correa-Monterrosa, Mileidys and Lemus Castro, Jorge and Brochado, Leonardo and Armesto, Wilfredo and Camargo Vasquez, Tomas and Martínez Bula, Eduardo and Turizo Turizo, Erika and Avendaño Echavez, Lil Geraldine and Hernández-Agudelo, Sandra and Peña Vargas, William and Riascos, William and Palmera, Jorge and Sierra, Angelica and Varón Suárez, Favio and Gómez Giraldo, Luisa and González-Torres, Henry and Navarro Quiroz, Elkin and Vásquez Obeso, Esteban and Ángel Depine, Santos and Ospino Herrera, Daniel}, year={2020}, month={Apr.} }