作者
Pavan K Bhatraju, Bijan J Ghassemieh, Michelle Nichols, Richard Kim, Keith R Jerome, Arun K Nalla, Alexander L Greninger, Sudhakar Pipavath, Mark M Wurfel, Laura Evans, Patricia A Kritek, T Eoin West, Andrew Luks, Anthony Gerbino, Chris R Dale, Jason D Goldman, Shane O’Mahony, Carmen Mikacenic
发表日期
2020/5/21
期刊
New England Journal of Medicine
卷号
382
期号
21
页码范围
2012-2022
出版商
Massachusetts Medical Society
简介
Background
Community transmission of coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) was detected in the state of Washington in February 2020.
Methods
We identified patients from nine Seattle-area hospitals who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with confirmed infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Clinical data were obtained through review of medical records. The data reported here are those available through March 23, 2020. Each patient had at least 14 days of follow-up.
Results
We identified 24 patients with confirmed Covid-19. The mean (±SD) age of the patients was 64±18 years, 63% were men, and symptoms began 7±4 days before admission. The most common symptoms were cough and shortness of breath; 50% of patients had fever on admission, and 58% had diabetes mellitus. All the patients were admitted for hypoxemic respiratory failure; 75% (18 patients …
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