Epidemiology, risk factors and clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients in a Swiss university hospital: An observational retrospective study.
Jean ReginaMatthaios Papadimitriou-OlivgerisRaphaël BurgerMarie-Annick Le PogamTapio NiemiParaskevas FilippidisJonathan TschoppFlorian DesgrangesBenjamin VialaEleftheria KampouriLaurence RochatDavid HaefligerMehdi BelkonieneCarlos FidalgoAntonios KritikosKatia JatonLaurence SennPierre-Alexandre BartJean-Luc PaganiOriol ManuelLoïc LhopitallierPublished in: PloS one (2020)
This study gives some insight in the epidemiology and clinical course of patients admitted in a European tertiary hospital with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Age, male sex, high qSOFA score, CRP of 40 mg/l or greater and a bilateral radiological infiltrate could help clinicians identify patients at high risk for mechanical ventilation.