Clinical Characteristics of 55 Cases of Deaths with COVID-19 Pneumonia in Wuhan, China: Retrospective Case Series
18 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2020
Tao Yao
Wuhan University - Union Department of Infection Disease
Yan Gao
Wuhan University - Union Department of Infection Disease
Abstract
Background: With the widespread outbreak of (novel coronavirus disease 2019 ) COVID-19, more and more death cases were reported, however, limited data are available for the patients who died. We aimed to explore the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of deaths with COVID-19 pneumonia.
Methods: This is a single-center retrospective study. We abstracted and analyzed epidemiological, demographic, clinical, and laboratory data from death cases with COVID-19 pneumonia in East hospital of Wuhan university Renmin hospital,between January 26, 2020, and February 18, 2020.