Characteristics and outcomes of family-practice patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical history and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 among people not hospitalized is not yet well characterized. To better inform clinical evaluation, we set out to characterize the natural history of coronavirus disease 2019 in primary health care.

Methods

Case series of all patients rostered to physicians at a university-affiliated Family Medicine clinic. Cases met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of coronavirus disease 2019 from March 1 to May 21 2020.

Results

In total, 89 patients meeting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for coronavirus disease 2019 were documented. Their average age was 55.6 years (range 6-95 years), and all but one was symptomatic. Fifty-seven cases (64%) had a polymerase chain rea

SUBMITTER: Dzieciolowska S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8290383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature