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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Clin Pract
. 2020 Sep 23;e13725.
doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13725. Online ahead of print.
Clinical features and outcomes of adults with COVID-19: A systematic review and pooled analysis of the literature
Sadie Bennett[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jaco Tafuro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joseph Mayer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Dan Darlington[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chun Wai Wong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elena-Andra Muntean[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nicholas Wong[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Christian Mallen[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Chun Shing Kwok[SUP] 1 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic and the published literature describing the virus has grown exponentially.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature to identify the symptoms, comorbidities present, radiological features and outcomes for adults testing positive for COVID-19 admitted to hospital. The results across multiple studies were numerically pooled to yield total estimated.
Results: A total of 45 studies were included in this review with 14,358 adult participants (average age 51 years, male 51%). The pooled findings suggest that the most common symptom among patients was fever (81.2%) followed by cough (62.9%), fatigue (38.0%) and anorexia/loss of appetite (33.7%). The comorbidities that were most prevalent among patients with the virus were hypertension (19.1%), cardiovascular disease (17.9%), endocrine disorder (9.3%) and diabetes (9.2%). Abnormal chest X-ray findings were present in 27.7% of patients and ground-glass opacity was demonstrated on chest CT in 63.0% of patients. The most frequent adverse outcomes were acute respiratory distress syndrome (27.4%), acute cardiac injury (16.2%) and acute kidney injury (12.6%). Death occurred in 8.2% of patients and 16.3% required intensive care admission and 11.7% had mechanical ventilation. Bacterial or secondary infections affected 8.5% of patients and 6.9% developed shock.
Conclusions: COVID-19 most commonly presents with fever, cough, fatigue and anorexia among patients with existing hypertension and cardiovascular disease. It is important as serious adverse outcomes can develop such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute cardiac injury, acute kidney injury and death.
Keywords: COVID-19; outcomes; symptoms.
. 2020 Sep 23;e13725.
doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13725. Online ahead of print.
Clinical features and outcomes of adults with COVID-19: A systematic review and pooled analysis of the literature
Sadie Bennett[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jaco Tafuro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Joseph Mayer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Dan Darlington[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chun Wai Wong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elena-Andra Muntean[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nicholas Wong[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Christian Mallen[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Chun Shing Kwok[SUP] 1 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32965728
- DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.13725
Abstract
Background: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic and the published literature describing the virus has grown exponentially.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature to identify the symptoms, comorbidities present, radiological features and outcomes for adults testing positive for COVID-19 admitted to hospital. The results across multiple studies were numerically pooled to yield total estimated.
Results: A total of 45 studies were included in this review with 14,358 adult participants (average age 51 years, male 51%). The pooled findings suggest that the most common symptom among patients was fever (81.2%) followed by cough (62.9%), fatigue (38.0%) and anorexia/loss of appetite (33.7%). The comorbidities that were most prevalent among patients with the virus were hypertension (19.1%), cardiovascular disease (17.9%), endocrine disorder (9.3%) and diabetes (9.2%). Abnormal chest X-ray findings were present in 27.7% of patients and ground-glass opacity was demonstrated on chest CT in 63.0% of patients. The most frequent adverse outcomes were acute respiratory distress syndrome (27.4%), acute cardiac injury (16.2%) and acute kidney injury (12.6%). Death occurred in 8.2% of patients and 16.3% required intensive care admission and 11.7% had mechanical ventilation. Bacterial or secondary infections affected 8.5% of patients and 6.9% developed shock.
Conclusions: COVID-19 most commonly presents with fever, cough, fatigue and anorexia among patients with existing hypertension and cardiovascular disease. It is important as serious adverse outcomes can develop such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute cardiac injury, acute kidney injury and death.
Keywords: COVID-19; outcomes; symptoms.