February 21, 2020

Clinical Characteristics and Progression of 2019 Novel Coronavirus-1 Infected Patients 2 Concurrent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• Clinical characteristics are described for 109 COVID-19 patients admitted to Central Hospital of Wuhan. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were more likely to have co-existing conditions, such as diabetes and cerebrovascular and chronic kidney disease than patients without ARDS. Severity of ARDS was also associated with higher risk of death.

Liu et al. (Feb 20, 2020). Clinical Characteristics and Progression of 2019 Novel Coronavirus-1 Infected Patients 2 Concurrent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pre-print downloaded Feb 21 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.17.20024166