Clinical characteristics of 194 cases of COVID-19 in Huanggang and Taian, China.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to report the clinical characteristics of 194 cases coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) in Huanggang, Hubei and Taian, Shandong.

Methods

We retrospectively investigated the clinical, laboratory characteristics and CT imaging of confirmed cases of COVID-19 from January 22 to February 28, 2020 in Huanggang Central Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University. Real time PCR was used to detect the new coronavirus in respiratory samples. Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expressions of ACE2 in tissues.

Results

Among the 194 patients infected with COVID-19, 108 patients were male, with a median age of 48.3 years. The average preclinical period was 7.44 day. Except for 37 severe or critically ill patients,

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7211492 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature