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SynthesisAging2020

Clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 versus SARS: a meta-analysis.

Po-Cheng Chang, Chien-Chang Yang, Kuo-Chin Kao, Ming-Shien Wen

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Synthesis in Aging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Po-Cheng ChangDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Medical School, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chien-Chang YangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Medical School, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Kuo-Chin KaoDivision of Thoracic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Medical School, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Ming-Shien WenDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Medical School, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chang Gung University · TWLinkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estimating the case-fatality rate and clinical outcomes for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is crucial because health care systems must adequately prepare for outbreaks and design appropriate policies. A systematic search of PubMed, Embase, and Medline+Journal (via OVID) were conducted for relevant journal publications from database inception to May 4, 2020. Articles that reported the fatality rates and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 or severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) infection were included. Nine clinical reports (four SARS reports and five COVID-19 reports) with a total of 851 patients (367 and 484 patients with SARS and COVID-19, respectively) were analyzed. A greater proportion of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 had bilateral pneumonia (90.0% [76.3%-96.2%] vs. 35.9% [21.4%-53.6%], p < 0.001) and required ventilators (23.8% [18.8%-29.6%] vs. 15.3% [11.9%-19.4%], p = 0.010) compared with hospitalized patients with SARS. The case-fatality rate was 9.5% (6.5%-13.7%) and 6.1% (3.5%-10.3%) among patients with COVID-19 and SARS, respectively (p = 0.186). The case-fatality rate among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was comparable to that during the 2003 SARS outbreak. A higher incidence of bilateral pneumonia and increased ventilator usage were noted among patients with COVID-19 compared with patients with SARS.

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CoronavirusHospitalizationSARS-CoV-2AgedComorbidityCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPatient Outcome AssessmentPrevalenceSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeCOVID-19fatalitysevere acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

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PMID33229624
PMCPMC7803544
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