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Clinical characteristics of patients with mild COVID-19 |
DAI Wei1, LENG Zhefeng2, XU Xiaoting2, CHEN Xinmiao2, YU Wenwen2, LIN Hui2, FANG Wenxiong3, ZHENG Zhe4, ZHU Dan5, QIU Zhangwei2, YING Songmin6, DAI Yuanrong2 |
1.Department of Neurorehabilitation, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China; 2.Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China; 3.Department of Respiratory, Yongjia People’s Hospital, Wenzhou 325100, China; 4.Department of Respiratory, Pingyang People’s Hospital, Wenzhou 325400, China; 5.Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Jinhua Central Hospital, Jinhua 321000, China; 6.Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China |
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DAI Wei,LENG Zhefeng,XU Xiaoting, et al. Clinical characteristics of patients with mild COVID-19[J]. JOURNAL OF WEZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, 2020, 50(4): 259-263.
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Abstract Objective: To analyze the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of patients with mild COVID-19. Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed on 11 patients with mild COVID-19 and 117 non-mild patients from multiple hospitals in Zhejiang Province from January 21 to March 6, 2020. The characteristics of epidemiology, demography, clinical manifestations and laboratory examinations were analyzed. Results: The median incubation period was 10(7-14) days in 11 patients with mild COVID-19 and 6(3-9) days in non-mild covid-19, showing significant difference (Z=-4.520, P<0.001). There were more female patients (8 cases) than male patients (3 cases) in the mild group, which was contrary to the non-mild group. The median age of mild group (28 years old) was lower than that of non-mild group (48 years old) (Z=-4.070, P<0.001). One patient had coexisting disease (9.1%) in mild group while there were 40 patients (34.2%) in non-mild group. Patients with fever were fewer in mild group than in non-mild group (36.4% vs. 73.5%, χ2=4.984, P=0.026). The proportion of patients with elevated CRP in mild group was lower than that in non-mild group (9.1% vs. 59.0%, χ2=8.184, P=0.004). The proportion of leukopenia patients in the two groups was similar. The proportion of mild patients receiving oxygen inhalation treatment and glucocorticoid treatment was lower than that of non-mild patients (36.4% vs. 96.7%, 0% vs. 6%, P<0.001). By March 6, 2020, 10 cases (90.9%) of mild patients had been cured and discharged, which was significantly higher than that of non-mild patients (18 cases, 15.4%, P<0.001). There was no death or aggravation in mild patients. The median course of the two groups was similar, but the median course of the female patients in the mild group was shorter than that of the male for 4 days. Conclusion: Mild COVID-19 patients showed imperceptible, long incubation period, mild symptoms, high CRP normal rate, normal CT, which may cause missed diagnosis and increased risk of virus transmission. Though mild patients had good prognosis, but they still need comprehensive treatment and close observation. In addition, there may be more mild patients and better prognosis in women than in men.
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