March 4, 2020

Clinical predictors of mortality due to COVID-19 based on an analysis of data of 150 patients from Wuhan, China

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• In a study of 150 COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, case fatality was associated with older age, underlying comorbidities, presence of secondary infection, and inflammatory indicators in the blood. Death may also be related to virus-activated “cytokine storm syndrome” or fulminant myocarditis. 

Ruan et al. (Mar 3, 2020). Clinical predictors of mortality due to COVID-19 based on an analysis of data of 150 patients from Wuhan, China. Intensive Care Med.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05991-x