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Background The clinical manifestations, mortality rates, laboratory and imaging findings of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not yet fully elucidated. Aim To describe the clinical manifestations, imaging and laboratory findings of 164 SARS-CoV-2 (+) patients consulting at an emergency room of a public general hospital in Santiago, Chile. Material and methods Review of medical records, imaging and laboratory results of 164 patients aged between 16 and 92 years (57.9% males) consulting at the emergency room between March 12 and April 27, 2020. Results The most common presenting symptom was dry cough in 47% of patients, followed by headache in 42% and myalgias in 42%. Forty five percent referred contact with an infected patient or having travelled out of town. Thirty-three (20%) required hospital admission and 5% required admission to an intensive care unit. Conclusions These patients were predominantly young, and their most common symptoms were dry cough, headache and myalgias.

En este artículo analizamos la imagen de nación que construye Vicente Huidobro a lo largo de la obra ensayística Balance Patriótico y que tiene como mayor característica la enfermedad. El imaginario creado por el autor fue escrito en el primer cuarto del siglo XX y se enmarca en una época de reevaluación de la imagen de nación. El ensayo deja en evidencia la existencia de un Chile dividido entre la luz del progreso y sus implicancias negativas. In this Article we analyzed the way Vicente Huidobro built the nation as a concept in his essay Balance Patriotico and its major characteristic, illness. The work built by the author was written in the first quarter of the 20th century and it is framed in a period of reevaluation of the way the nation was seen in those days. The essay shows that Chile was divided between the light of progress and its negatives implications.