Epidemiology of COVID‐19: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes
Shandong University · Shandong Provincial Hospital · +10 more institutions
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic, but its reported characteristics and outcomes vary greatly amongst studies. We determined pooled estimates for clinical characteristics and outcomes in COVID-19 patients including subgroups by disease severity (based on World Health Organization Interim Guidance Report or Infectious Disease Society of America/American Thoracic Society criteria) and by country/region. We searched Pubmed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane, Chinese Medical Journal, and preprint databases from 1 January 2020 to 6 April 2020. Studies of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients with relevant data were included. Two reviewers independently performed study selection and data extraction.…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 15.62
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 19
Authors
17- JLJie Li
Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital, Shandong First Medical University
- DQDaniel Q. Huang
National University of Singapore, National University Hospital
- BZBiyao Zou
Stanford Medicine, Stanford University
- HYHongli Yang
Shandong University, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan Infectious Disease Hospital
- WHWan Hui
National University of Singapore
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- Epidemiology
- Diabetes mellitus
- Pneumonia
- Disease
- Meta-analysis
- Intensive care medicine
- Good health and well-being