articlePLoS ONEJul 9, 2020GOLD OA

Clinical characteristics of 82 cases of death from COVID-19

Wuhan University · Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

A recently developed pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 bursting in Wuhan, China, has quickly spread across the world. We report the clinical characteristics of 82 cases of death from COVID-19 in a single center. Clinical data on 82 death cases laboratory-confirmed as SARS-CoV-2 infection were obtained from a Wuhan local hospital's electronic medical records according to previously designed standardized data collection forms. All patients were local residents of Wuhan, and a large proportion of them were diagnosed with severe illness when admitted. Due to the overwhelming of our system, a total of 14 patients (17.1%) were treated in the ICU, 83% of deaths never received Critical Care Support, only 40% had…

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  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Pandemic
  • Medicine
  • Virology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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