Clinical Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pneumonia with Diarrhea
24 Pages Posted: 10 Mar 2020
Xiao-Shan Wei
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Formerly Tongi Medical University) - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Xuan Wang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Formerly Tongi Medical University) - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Abstract
Background: The pneumonia associated with the novel coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2) is breaking out in Wuhan, China. We aimed to clarify the differences of clinical, laboratory, radiological, and outcome characteristics between SARS-CoV-2 infective pneumonia (Corona Virus Disease 2019, COVID-19) patients with diarrhea and those without.
Methods: In this retrospective, single-center study, we included 84 confirmed patients of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan Union Hospital from Jan 19 to Feb 7. Patients were confirmed by Real-Time Reverse-Transcriptase–Polymerase-Chain-Reaction Testing in pharyngeal swab. The clinical manifestations, laboratory examinations, imaging manifestations and outcomes of patients with diarrhea and those without diarrhea were compared.
