Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 91 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang, China: A retrospective, multi-centre case series

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 474-481

  Qian, G Q ^a   Yang, N B ^a   Ding, F ^b   Ma, A H Y ^c   Wang, Z Y ^a,d   Shen, Y F ^e   Shi, C W ^e   Lian, X ^f   Chu, J G ^a   Chen, L ^a   Ren, D W ^a   Li, G X ^a   Chen, X Q ^a   Shen, H J ^b   Chen, X M ^a  

^a NINGBO FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHAOXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Nottingham   (China)

^d Ninghai County First Hospital   (China)

^e Xiaoshan District People s Hospital   (China)

^f Xiangshan County People s First Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROCALCITONIN; SODIUM; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACKACHE; BASOPHIL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHINA; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FLIGHT; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLATELET COUNT; PNEUMONIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITALIZATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; COUGH; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85082967600     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa089     Document Type: Article

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