Published time: 19 March 2020
Authors: Tolksdorf K, Buda S, Schuler E, Wieler LH, Haas W
Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, outcome
Abstract
Information on severity of coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) (transmissibility, disease seriousness, impact) is crucial for preparation of healthcare sectors. We present a simple approach to assess disease seriousness, creating a reference cohort of pneumonia patients from sentinel hospitals. First comparisons exposed a higher rate of COVID-19 patients requiring ventilation. There were more case fatalities among COVID-19 patients without comorbidities than in the reference cohort. Hospitals should prepare for high utilisation of ventilation and intensive care resources.
Influenza-associated pneumonia as reference to assess seriousness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Reference: https://edoc.rki.de/bitstream/handle/176904/6543/eurosurv-25-11-2.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
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