Characterization and clinical course of 1000 patients with COVID-19 in New York: retrospective case series.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a large New York City (NYC) medical center and describe their clinical course across the emergency department (ED), inpatient wards, and intensive care units (ICUs).

Design

Retrospective manual medical record review.

Setting

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP/CUIMC), a quaternary care academic medical center in NYC.

Participants

The first 1000 consecutive patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19.

Methods

We identified the first 1000 consecutive patients with a positive RT-SARS-CoV-2 PCR test who first presented to the ED or were hospitalized at NYP/CUIMC between March 1 and April 5, 2020. Patient data was manually abstracted from the electro

SUBMITTER: Argenziano MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7273275 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature