Experience of 101 patients with coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a tertiary care center in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clusters of novel coronavirus infectious disease of 2019 (COVID-19) have spread to become a global pandemic imposing a significant burden on healthcare systems. The lack of an effective treatment and the emergence of varied and complicated clinical courses in certain populations have rendered treatment of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 difficult.

Methods

Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, a public tertiary acute care center located in Tokyo, the epicenter of COVID-19 in Japan, has been admitting patients with COVID-19 since February 2020. The present, retrospective, case-series study aimed to investigate the clinical course and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 hospitalized at the study institution.

Results

In total, 101 patients with COVID-19 w

SUBMITTER: Yao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7832134 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature