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Introduction: Nursing professionals who contracted Covid-19 went from being caregivers to victims of the infection, and they knew first-hand how dangerous it could be. The impact on these health care professionals stayed with them even after their physical health recovered. Objective: To understand the experiences of nursing professionals hospitalized with COVID-19, regarding their illness, hospitalization and care received. Methods: Qualitative phenomenological study, with two in-depth interviews each with six nursing professionals who had representative cases from public hospitals in Lima, Peru, was chosen until theoretical saturation was achieved. Results: Four main themes emerged from the transcripts of the 12 interviews conducted: self-assessment about the form of infection, identification and complications of the disease, feelings about the disease-hospitalization, and perception of the care received as a patient. Conclusion: Being hospitalized as COVID-19 patients has been a difficult experience for nursing professionals, characterized by fear of dying; where the emotional support of their family and colleagues, as well as their spiritual strength, have allowed them to achieve their recovery, so they feel satisfied with the care received.
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En este trabajo se midieron los niveles de angiotensina II (ANG II) en ratas sometidas a estímulos del sistema renina angiotensina (SRA). Los estímulos usados fueron: isoproterenol, clonidina, propranolol, captopril, anestesia, deshidratación, binefrectomía, ligación ureteral y cloro de sodio al 1 y 2% en el agua de beber. En el plasma de estas ratas se midió además de la ANG II, la angiotensina I (ANG I), la actividad de renina (APR) y la concentración de renina (CPR), de angiotensinógeno (CPA) y de aldosterna (CPALDO). La anestesia, la deshidratación, el isoproterenol y el captopril aumentaron la renina y la ANG II, pero no la CPALDO. Por el contrario, la binefrectomía, el cloruro de sodio al 2%, la clonidina y el propranolol disminuyeron la renina. La clonidina disminuyó la ANG II y la binefrectomía al aumentó. El cloruro de sodio al 2% disminuyó la CPALDO y la binefrectomía la aumentó. La ligación ureteral y el cloruro de sodio al 1% no cambinaron la renina ni la ANG II, sin embargo la ligación ureteral aumentó la CPALDO. La binefrectomía, la ligación ureteral y el cloruro de sodio al 1 y 2% aumentaron la CPALDO y el captopril la disminuyó. No con todos los estímulos hubo un cambio paralelo de la ANG II y la actividad del SRA circulante. Esto puede ser explicado por cambios en la actividad del SRA tisular, por cambios en el catabolismo de la ANG II y/o por la actividad de otras enzimas, no relacionadas con el SRA, que producen ANG II