Comparison of severe and non-severe COVID-19 pneumonia: review and meta-analysis
Weiping Ji, Jing Zhang, Gautam Bishnu, Xudong Du, Xinxin Chen, Hui Xu, Xiaoling Guo, Zhenzhai Cai, Xian Shen
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.04.20030965
Abstract
Objective: To compare the difference between severe and non-severe COVID-19 pneumonia and figure out the potential symptoms lead to severity. Methods: Articles from PubMed, Embase, Cochrane database, and google up-to 24 February 2020 were systematically reviewed. Eighteen Literatures were identified with cases of COVID-19 pneumonia. The extracted data includes clinical symptoms, age, gender, sample size and region et al were systematic reviewed and meta analyzed. Results: 14 eligible studies including 1,424 patients were analyzed. Symptoms like fever (89.2%), cough (67.2%), fatigue (43.6%) were common, dizziness, hemoptysis, abdominal pain and conjunctival congestion/conjunctivitis were rare.
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