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Who gets severe novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection?
Analyzed by: Dr Siddharth Sridhar, Specialist in Clinical Microbiology & Infection | Last updated: 1st February 2020 | In: COVID-19, Critical Care Medicine, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, Pneumonia, SARS-CoV2
Article Keywords
2019-nCoV, China, corona virus, COVID-19, pneumonia, WARS
Here, I examined the data of 28 patients from 5 publications who had severe pneumonia due to 2019-nCoV requiring ICU admission and/or resulting in death.
As with many respiratory viruses, elderly face a heavy burden of morbidity.
The male predominance and absence of severe pediatric cases is distinctive, but requires confirmation.
Like severe influenza, it is the secondary complications that are often fatal.
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This article is not medical advice. Patients should seek personal assessment by a licenced specialist. Physicians are recommended to read the full publication(s) as cited in the article before making medical decisions. This article does not supersede nor replace the published article(s).
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