'Patera syndrome' during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canary Islands (Spain).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of migrants arriving on the shores of the Canary Islands continues to increase. The conditions under which the crossing is made, in small crowded, unsanitary boats (pateras or cayucos), have many and significant health problems.

Objective

To describe the demographic, clinical, microbiological characteristics and evolution of a series of patients who recently arrived by patera and required hospitalization.

Patients and methods

This observational, cross-sectional, and retrospective study included all patients newly arrived in Gran Canaria (Spain) by patera or cayuco from 2020 to 2022. Acute patera syndrome (APS) was defined as one or more of the following: dehydration, hypothermia, shock or rhabdomyolysis. Skin and soft tissue or musculoskeletal pa

SUBMITTER: Pisos-Alamo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500946 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature