Characterization and clinical course of 1000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York: retrospective case series
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1996 (Published 29 May 2020)
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Characterization and clinical course of 1000 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York: retrospective case series
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1996 (Published 29 May 2020)
Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1996
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Michael G Argenziano, medical student1 2, Samuel L Bruce, medical student1 2, Cody L Slater, medical student1 2, Jonathan R Tiao, medical student1 2, Matthew R Baldwin,
Correspondence to: R Chen ruijun.chen@columbia.edu
Accepted 18 May 2020
Abstract
Objective To characterize patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in a large New York City medical center and describe their clinical course across the emergency department, hospital wards, and intensive care units.
Design Retrospective manual medical record review.
Setting NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, a quaternary care academic medical center in New York City.
Participants The first 1000 consecutive patients with a positive result on the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) who presented to the emergency department or were admitted to hospital between 1 March and 5 April 2020. Patient data were manually abstracted from electronic medical records.
