Experience in autopsies of deceased with covid-19 in the central military hospital “dr. Luis díaz soto”

Introduction: The autopsy is a strength of the Cuban health system Its implementation with the appropriate methodology to deceased confirmed to COVID-19 at the Central Military Hospital “Dr Luis Diaz Soto”, allowed their more adequate study Objective: To identify the demographic characteristics, concomitant diseases and morphological alterations found in the autopsies of deceased confirmed to COVID-19 Methods: A descriptive study of the 10 partial autopsies performed on confirmed deaths of COVID-19 between March and June 2020 was carried out, according to the methodology used to carry out these autopsies in the process of coping with this disease Results: The male sex and the age group 70-79 years corresponded to 60% of the cases studied Bacterial bronchopneumonia predominated in direct causes of death, as a complication of the process produced by COVID-19 and in relation to other basic causes The deceased had between 3 to 6 associated comorbidities Conclusions: The age groups most affected were between 70 and 79 years old with equivalence in both sexes Comorbidities contribute to worsening the prognosis of these deceased, with a predominance of arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus The manifestations of the systemic inflammatory response present as complications in them Mortality from COVID-19 as a cause of death affected less than half of the cases studied, with respiratory and cardiac expression due to the action of the virus © 2020, Editorial Ciencias Medicas All rights reserved