Clinical characteristics, symptoms and outcomes of 1054 adults presenting to hospital with suspected COVID-19: A comparison of patients with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection

•We analysed data from 1054 hospitalised adults tested for SARS-CoV-2.•COVID-19 patients less frequently were smokers or had COPD vs negative patients.•Over a fifth of COVID-19 patients were healthcare workers vs

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	The Journal of infection 2020-12, Vol.81 (6), p.937-943
Main Authors:	Brendish, Nathan J, Poole, Stephen, Naidu, Vasanth V, Mansbridge, Christopher T, Norton, Nicholas, Borca, Florina, Phan, Hang TT, Wheeler, Helen, Harvey, Matthew, Presland, Laura, Clark, Tristan W
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Anosmia - epidemiology Clinical characteristics Cohort COPD COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - mortality COVID-19 - therapy COVID-19 - virology Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data Female Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data Healthcare workers Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Humans Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged Outcomes Prospective Studies Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology Respiration, Artificial - statistics & numerical data Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification Smokers Smokers - statistics & numerical data Symptoms Treatment Outcome United Kingdom - epidemiology
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!