Clinical course and outcomes of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection: A preliminary report of the first 28 patients from the korean cohort study on COVID-19

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2020, Pages

  Kim, Eu Suk ^a   Chin, Bum Sik ^b   Kang, Chang Kyung ^c   Kim, Nam Joong ^c   Kang, Yu Min ^d   Choi, Jae Phil ^e   Oh, Dong Hyun ^e   Kim, Jeong Han ^f   Koh, Boram ^g   Kim, Seong Eun ^h   Yun, Na Ra ⁱ   Lee, Jae Hoon ^j   Kim, Jin Yong ^k   Kim, Yeonjae ^b   Bang, Ji Hwan ^l   Song, Kyoung Ho ^a   Kim, Hong Bin ^a   Chung, Ki hyun ^b   Oh, Myoung don ^c  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seonam University of Medicine Myongji Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

^f Armed Forces Medical Command   (South Korea)

^g Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Ansung Hospital   (South Korea)

^h Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

ⁱ Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Department of Internal Medicine   (South Korea)

^l Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Cohort study; COVID 19; Prognosis; Republic of Korea; SARS CoV 2; Viral pneumonia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BETACORONAVIRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PANDEMIC; PHARYNGITIS; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SOUTH KOREA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME FACTOR; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BETACORONAVIRUS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; COUGH; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PANDEMICS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85083003079     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/JKMS.2020.35.E142     Document Type: Article

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