Clinical features of severe patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed significant threats to public health. To identify and treat the severe and critical patients with COVID-19 is the key clinical problem to be solved. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of severe and non-severe patients with COVID-19.

Methods

We searched independently studies and retrieved the data that involved the clinical characteristics of severe and non-severe patients with COVID-19 through database searching. Two authors independently retrieved the data from the individual studies, assessed the study quality with Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and analyzed publication bias by Begg's test. We calculated the odds ratio (OR) of groups using fixed or random-effect models.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Huang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290556 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature