Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
January 29, 2020
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting
- All 99 cases identified from Jan 1 – Jan 20, 2020 at a single Wuhan hospital confirmed by RT-PCR are described. Patients who died aligned with the MuLBSTA score for predicting mortality in viral pneumonia.
- 49% had exposure to the Huanan seafood market
- 51% had chronic diseases
- Clinical manifestations: fever (83%), cough (82%), shortness of breath (31%), muscle ache (11%) and confusion, headache, sore throat, rhinorrhea, chest pain, diarrhea, and nausea/vomiting all less than 10%.
- 75% had bilateral pneumonia, 14% had multiple mottling and ground glass opacity, one patient had pneumothorax.
- 17 patients (17%) developed acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- 11 of these died of multiple organ failure.
Chen et al. (Jan 29, 2020). Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. The Lancet. https://marlin-prod.literatumonline.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673620302117.pdf