Finally sat down to read through the actual paper published by Chinese expert Zhong Nan-Shan, and here are some important summaries - 1. The median age of patients is 47 years old and 41.9 percent of them are women.
4. Diarrhea, on the other hand, is concluded as an uncommon symptom for #coronavirus patients. 5. Most importantly, the median incubation period is 3 days, but the range of incubation could go from 0 to 24 days.
6. 2.09% of all cases are healthcare workers, 26% of the patients don't have recent travel history to #Wuhan or came into contact with someone from the city.
7. Underlying disorder was more common in severe cases as compared to non-severe cases.
7. Underlying disorder was more common in severe cases as compared to non-severe cases.
8. Oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation, intravenous antibiotics and oseltamivir therapy were the most common ways to treat patients with severe symptoms.
9. During hospital admission, the most common complication was pneumonia (79.1%), then is ARDS (3.37%) and shock (1%).
9. During hospital admission, the most common complication was pneumonia (79.1%), then is ARDS (3.37%) and shock (1%).
10. 5% of the patients were admitted to ICU, 2.18% of the patients required invasive ventilation and the death rate in this study was 1.36%.
11. The study concluded that there are more evidence about human-to-human transmission. More than 3 quarters of the patients are from ...
11. The study concluded that there are more evidence about human-to-human transmission. More than 3 quarters of the patients are from ...
13. The study admitted that they "can't preclude the presence of 'super-spreader.'" But the median incubation period in this study is 3 days, which is shorter than another study which set the median incubation period to 5.2 days.
14. The study shows that the routes of transmission has contributed to the rapid spread of #coronavirus. While SARS and MERS are mostly transmitted through droplets and direct contact, this study finds that the new #coronavirus can be found in stool specimens ...
... or rectal swabs. Traces of the #coronavirus have also been detected in gastrointestinal tract, saliva, or urine.
15. In a case of severe peptic ulcer, the virus was directly detected in esophageal erosion and bleeding site.
15. In a case of severe peptic ulcer, the virus was directly detected in esophageal erosion and bleeding site.
16. The study said that fomite transmission might have contributed to the rapid transmission of the virus, so hygiene protection should be taken into account when it comes to gastrointestinal sections.
17. The study's finding suggests health officials to shift focus to identifying and managing patients at an earlier stage, before disease progression.
18. Fever occurred in 43.8% of the patients on initial presentation and developed in 87.9% following hospitalization.
18. Fever occurred in 43.8% of the patients on initial presentation and developed in 87.9% following hospitalization.
19. Absence of fever is more common than SARS or MERS and the study suggested such patients may be missed if the surveillance case definition focused heavily on fever detection.
20. The study's mortality rate is around 2.01%, and the author claim is similar to national average.
20. The study's mortality rate is around 2.01%, and the author claim is similar to national average.
21. Early isolation, early diagnosis, early management were suggested to have collectively contribute to the reduction of mortality in Guandong province, wrote the authors.
22. The study admitted that some cases had incomplete documentation of exposure history, symptoms and ...
22. The study admitted that some cases had incomplete documentation of exposure history, symptoms and ...
... lab testing. There was also a shortage of infrastructure and training of medical staff in non-specialty hospitals, which the study said has aggravated the burnout of local medical staff.
23. The study concluded that #coronavirus elicits a rapid spread of outbreak with...
23. The study concluded that #coronavirus elicits a rapid spread of outbreak with...
... human-to-human transmission, a the median incubation period is 3 days and the fatality rate is low.
24. Absence of fever and radiologic abnormality occurs in a substantial proportion of patients on initial presentation.
24. Absence of fever and radiologic abnormality occurs in a substantial proportion of patients on initial presentation.
Here's the link to the complete study, which I had taken the liberty to read through and summary in bullet-points for all of you. Again, I'm just a journalist who's trying my best to synthesize all these medical research outcomes for all of you. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
If you question anything that's listed here, I'm afraid I can't answer them for you and I won't try to answer them for you. I'd like to think I have laid these things out in the simplest way possible.
