Clinical features and risk factors for severe inpatients with COVID-19: A retrospective study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A worldwide outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), since 2019, has brought a disaster to people all over the world. Many researchers carried out clinical epidemiological studies on patients with COVID-19 previously, but risk factors for patients with different levels of severity are still unclear.

Methods

562 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from 12 hospitals in China were included in this retrospective study. Related clinical information, therapies, and imaging data were extracted from electronic medical records and compared between patients with severe and non-severe status. We explored the risk factors associated with different severity of COVID-19 patients by logistic regression methods.

Results

Based on the guideline we cited, 509 patie

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745975 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature