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Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China by Wei-jie Guan; Zheng-yi Ni; Yu Hu; Wen-hua Liang; Chun-quan Ou; Jian-xing He; Lei Liu; Hong Shan; Chun-liang Lei; David S.C. Hui; Bin Du; Lan-juan Li; Guang Zeng; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Ru-chong Chen; Chun-li Tang; Tao Wang; Ping-yan Chen; Jie Xiang; Shi-yue Li; Jin-lin Wang; Zi-jing Liang; Yi-xiang Peng; Li Wei; Yong Liu; Ya-hua Hu; Peng Peng; Jian-ming Wang; Ji-yang Liu; Zhong Chen; Gang Li; Zhi-jian Zheng; Shao-qin Qiu; Jie Luo; Chang-jiang Ye; Shao-yong Zhu; Nan-shan Zhong is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
## Background: Since december 2019, when coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) emerged in wuhan city and rapidly spread throughout china, data have been needed on the clinical characteristics of the affected patients. ## Methods: We extracted data regarding 1099 patients with laboratory-confirmed covid-19 from 552 hospitals in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in mainland china through january 29, 2020. the primary composite end point was admission to an intensive care unit (icu), the use of mechanical ventilation, or death. ## Results: The median age of the patients was 47 years; 41.9% of the patients were female. the primary composite end point occurred in 67 patients (6.1%), including 5.0% who were admitted to the icu, 2.3% who underwent invasive mechanical ventilation, and 1.4% who died. only 1.9% of the patients had a history of direct contact with wildlife. among nonresidents of wuhan, 72.3% had contact with residents of wuhan, including 31.3% who had visited the city. the most common symptoms were fever (43.8% on admission and 88.7% during hospitalization) and cough (67.8%). diarrhea was uncommon (3.8%). the median incubation period was 4 days (interquartile
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- Author
- Wei-jie Guan; Zheng-yi Ni; Yu Hu; Wen-hua Liang; Chun-quan Ou; Jian-xing He; Lei Liu; Hong Shan; Chun-liang Lei; David S.C. Hui; Bin Du; Lan-juan Li; Guang Zeng; Kwok-Yung Yuen; Ru-chong Chen; Chun-li Tang; Tao Wang; Ping-yan Chen; Jie Xiang; Shi-yue Li; Jin-lin Wang; Zi-jing Liang; Yi-xiang Peng; Li Wei; Yong Liu; Ya-hua Hu; Peng Peng; Jian-ming Wang; Ji-yang Liu; Zhong Chen; Gang Li; Zhi-jian Zheng; Shao-qin Qiu; Jie Luo; Chang-jiang Ye; Shao-yong Zhu; Nan-shan Zhong
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society; New England Journal of Medicine; Publons (ISSN 0096-6762)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)