February 24, 2020

The cross-sectional study of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients in Xiangyang, Hubei province

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• Clinical information for 102 hospitalized COVID-19 patients are provided and authors provide recommendations for a three-week quarantine period. They also suggest that for the best testing sensitivity, diagnosis should include three real-time RTP-PCR tests and two CT scans, though they do not comment on resource constraints. 

Ai et al. (Feb 23, 2020). The cross-sectional study of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients in Xiangyang, Hubei province. Pre-print downloaded Feb 24 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.19.20025023