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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Severe and Critical Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Wenzhou: A Retrospective Study.
Qian, Song-Zan; Hong, Wan-Dong; Pan, Jing-Ye.
  • Qian SZ; Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
  • Hong WD; Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Critical Care and Artificial Intelligence, Wenzhou, China.
  • Lingjie-Mao; Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
  • Chenfeng-Lin; School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
  • Zhendong-Fang; School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
  • Pan JY; School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Front Med (Lausanne) ; 7: 552002, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-797119
ABSTRACT
Information about severe cases of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection is scarce. The aim of this study was to report the clinical characteristics and outcomes of severe and critical patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection in Wenzhou city. In this single-centered, retrospective cohort study, we consecutively enrolled 37 RT-PCR confirmed positive severe or critical patients from January 28 to February 16, 2020 in a tertiary hospital. Outcomes were followed up until 28-day mortality. Fifteen severe and 22 critical adult patients with the COVID-19 infection were included. Twenty-six (68.4%) were men. Echocardiography data results suggest that normal or increased cardiac output and diastolic dysfunction are the most common manifestations. Compared with severe patients, critical patients were older, more likely to exhibit low platelet counts and high blood urea nitrogen, and were in hospital for longer. Most patients had organ dysfunction during hospitalization, including 11 (29.7%) with ARDS, 8 (21.6%) with acute kidney injury, 17 (45.9%) with acute cardiac injury, and 33 (89.2%) with acute liver dysfunction. Eighteen (48.6%) patients were treated with high-flow ventilation, 9 (13.8%) with non-invasive ventilation, 10 (15.4%) with invasive mechanical ventilation, 7 (18.9%) with prone position ventilation, 6 (16.2%) with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and 3 (8.1%) with renal replacement therapy. Only 1 (2.7%) patient had died in the 28-day follow up in our study. All patients had bilateral infiltrates on their chest CT scan. Twenty-one (32.3%) patients presented ground glass opacity (GGO) with critical patients more localized in the periphery and the center. The mortality of critical patients with the COVID-19 infection is low in our study. Cardiac function was enhanced in the early stage and less likely to develop into acute cardiac injury, but most patients suffered with acute liver injury. The CT imaging presentations of COVID-19 in critical patients were more likely with consolidation and bilateral lung involvement.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Front Med (Lausanne) Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fmed.2020.552002

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Front Med (Lausanne) Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fmed.2020.552002